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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-03-05

Voices, The Peoples News

March 5, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Doctors, Scientists Call on Mississippi Officials to Take COVID Vaccines Off the Market: The group of physicians, vaccine-injured people, and whistleblowers speaking at the Mississippi Capitol building on Monday and Tuesday weren’t asking state officials to cease all COVID-19 vaccinations and to convene a grand jury to investigate its rollout in the state. They were demanding it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/doctors-scientists-call-on-mississippi-officials-to-take-covid-vaccines-off-the-market_5087686.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7RyRaeqb$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Junk Fees Biden Hasn’t Talked About: The Biden administration has been persistent in eliminating junk fees ubiquitous throughout many sectors of the economy. There are still many overlooked areas where these fees are still prevalent. Hidden and deceptive fees are seen across consumer transactions, from rental housing to prisons.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/power/2023-02-27-biden-junk-fees/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7Wm84LKk$

# Employment / Labor
Garment Workers Take on Wall Street and Wage Theft: A new campaign targets brands that are spending on stock buybacks instead of compensating workers for lost wages. A new international campaign is targeting fashion brands like Nike that are spending vast sums on stock buybacks instead of compensating workers for lost pandemic wages.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inequality.org/research/garment-workers-wage-theft/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7eGJIes6$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical The mining industry’s next frontier is deep, deep under the sea:
Companies are diving to the bottom to scoop up metals essential for our EV-driven future. But how much ocean are we willing to sacrifice?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/deep-sea-mining-electric-vehicle-battery/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7Z3E0XfG$

Activists Make Final Appeal to Biden to Block Arctic Oil Project:
Environmental and Alaska Native advocates rallied outside the White House ahead of an expected final decision on ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03032023/protesters-biden-willow-project-alaska/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7QhyIiOo$

Yet Another Norfolk Southern Train Derails in Ohio, thankfully without hazardous materials on board. Roughly 20 of the train’s 212 cars derailed around 4:45 pm on Saturday near Springfield in Clark County, making it the fourth incident of its kind in the state in the last five months.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/yet-another-norfolk-southern-train-derails-in-ohio__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7Z6TkmHH$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Animals and people are clashing more frequently thanks to climate
change: From whales colliding with ships to elephants wandering into villages in search of water, climate impacts have made human-wildlife conflicts a global problem. Climate change is driving more conflicts between humans and wildlife, as expanding development, deepening drought and quickly changing ecosystems force animals and people into new territories where they’re more likely to encounter each other https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/todaysclimate/animal-human-conflict-climate/*:*:text=Climate*20change*20is*20driving*20more,other*2C*20a*20new*20study*20says__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7SfJp1A5$

Two Volcanologists on the edge of the abyss, searching for the secrets of the earth: A new documentary, ‘Fire of Love,’ tells the story of Katia and Maurice Krafft, married scientists who flirted with death to study volcanoes and paid the price.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04032023/katia-maurice-krafftt-french-volcanologists-fire-of-love/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7ZbirXLf$

‘The Biggest Conservation Victory Ever!’ Global Treaty to Protect Oceans
Reached: “This is a historic day for conservation and a sign that in a divided world, protecting nature and people can triumph over geopolitics,” said Greenpeace in response to an agreement to protect world’s marine biodiversity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-ocean-treaty-2659502274__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7RVwMNm0$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Blood teak for the super rich props up a cruel regime: Myanmar’s forests are under threat from the lucrative trade of valuable wood. An investigation has revealed how despite sanctions, teak is flooding Europe. One of the most expensive woods on the market, teak is predominantly found in the dense jungles of Myanmar.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dw.com/en/blood-teak-for-the-super-rich-props-up-a-cruel-regime/a-64854613__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7d-zwCbB$

Extinct-in-the-wild species in conservation limbo: Biodiversity loss has reached crisis proportions not seen since an errant asteroid as big across as Paris smashed into Earth 66 million years ago. Since 1950, nearly 100 animal and plant species have been in critical care to avoid extinction. 12 species have been reintroduced into the wild, but 11 have ultimately become extinct. The European bison, red wolves in North America and wild horses in central Asia have been successfully rewilded.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news24.com/fin24/climate_future/environment/extinct-in-the-wild-species-in-conservation-limbo-20230226__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7XrwmxNc$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
As Emissions From Agriculture Rise and Climate Change Batters American Farms, Congress Tackles the Farm Bill The legislation represents a major chance to tackle emissions, but some lawmakers vow to keep climate measures out. Advocates call for more climate-focused conservation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01032023/farm-bill-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7dsfOrob$

# General News
The Disturbing Groupthink Over the War in Ukraine: At this dangerous moment, with threats of nuclear conflict looming, we need a vigorous debate about U.S. policy toward Russia and Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/03/03/russia-ukraine-war-weapons/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7VfnWYQ5$

# Gov / Politics / US
Sanders supporters took over the Nevada Democratic Party, it’s not going
well: The senator lets it be known that he’s unhappy with work his followers have done in the critical battleground state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/25/bernie-world-nevada-democratic-party-00084426__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7XuRAqV6$

Mississippi Republicans Want Their Own Cops and Judges in Majority-Black
Jackson: Black leaders compare the push to expand a state police force responsible for recent shootings to “apartheid.” Unable to seize power electorally in a city where more than 80 percent of residents are Black, Republicans in Mississippi are pushing legislation that would put the capital city of Jackson under the thumb of unelected judges and a notoriously aggressive state police force that answers to controversial state officials rather than local leaders.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/mississippi-republicans-want-their-own-cops-and-judges-in-majority-black-jackson/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7YN3kLOf$

GOP Megadonors Are Trying to Pull the Party Away From Trump. It Could Get Ugly. The onset of the primary season is barely 10 months away, and the scramble for control of the GOP is intensifying.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/gop-megadonors-are-trying-to-pull-the-party-away-from-trump-it-could-get-ugly/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7URHvxh5$

Former President Donald Trump announces a White House bid for 2024: As Trump spoke to a roomful of Republicans who expect him to face primary challengers in the coming months, he also claimed the party cannot afford to nominate “a politician or conventional candidate” if it wants to win back the White House.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://investingoutlook.co/lehman-investigators-new-video-now-in-the-spotlight/?cid=MKT694192&eid=MKT719544&utm_source=criteo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=prospecting__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7RoVkmEZ$

Blinken lied about exchange with Lavrov – Moscow: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken lied when he claimed that he discussed a jailed American citizen during a brief exchange with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has insisted. The top diplomats did not talk about a former US Marine jailed in Russia, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has said https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rt.com/russia/572381-lavrov-blinken-prisoner-exchange/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7SxnVrwT$

How D.C. Swamp Money Made Trains More Dangerous: After the catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, it didn’t take long for the supercharged partisan atmosphere in Washington to morph the disaster into a political blame game.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217702365__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7Rsi-Ppi$

Democrats to Biden: ‘Reject Willow Now and Protect the Arctic’: “It would be a victory for Big Oil and a huge step backwards on climate,”
warned Rep. Ro Khanna, who co-signed the letter.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/democrats-to-biden-reject-willow-now-and-protect-the-arctic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7W06dJWr$

# Legal / DOJ
5 Lawyers Leave Trump Legal Team Ahead of Impeachment Trial: Butch Bowers, the lead attorney who was slated to represent former President Trump during his second impeachment trial in just more than a week, has left the legal team along with four other members, according to multiple reports.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/news/536641-top-trump-impeachment-lawyer-bowers-leaves-team-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7XzPqACV$

# LGBTQ / Gender
The Useful Idiots Fueling the Right-Wing Transphobia Panic: Centrist and liberal journalists are falling for dubious accounts of children undergoing gender transition that any sensible person would be skeptical of.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-03-02-right-wing-transphobia-panic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7YAxRgRP$

# Media
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy of United States Postal Service has been under scrutiny for his recent changes impacting deliveries for
Americans: The abrupt reversal from DeJoy, who is set to testify Friday before the Senate, comes as more than 20 states, from New York to California, announced they would be suing to stop the changes. Several vowed they would press on, keeping a watchful eye on the Postal Service ahead of the election. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing ahead with Saturday’s vote to prevent election-year mail changes and provide emergency postal funds.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-ap-top-news-health-lawsuits-elections-26926bf85cae5175fbd920efb534ef84__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7ezbGPLu$

# Medical / Health
Private Health Care Companies Are Eating the American Economy: A new analysis from The Center for Health and Democracy sheds light on how private health insurance companies make their money at the expense of adequate care, and what can be done to rein in this trillion dollar industry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-02-27-private-health-insurance-medicare/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7QgMB4fB$

# Military / DOD
How A Russian Nuclear Submarine Accidently ‘Surfaced’ Under a U.S.
Attack Sub: When attempting to detect the extremely quiet submarines currently in use, just a few adverse factors can turn a very difficult task into an impossible one. Therefore, a submarine spying close to an adversary’s homeport might not be able to spot another submarine heading towards it until after the collision—which can be worse than embarrassing for everyone involved.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/03/how-a-russian-nuclear-submarine-accidently-surfaced-under-a-u-s-attack-sub/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7evT2yz2$

# Military / Global
Alexander Vindman Secretly Pitching Ukrainian Military for Millions in Defense Contracts –Personnel employed under the plan would be ‘highly experienced former soldiers or contractors in Iraq and/or Afghanistan’:
Documents recently obtained by Human Events show that Alexander Vindman has been pitching the government of Ukraine to obtain lucrative defense contracts. In August 2022, Vindman, operating as CEO of Trident Support, pitched a deck on a Ukraine Weapons Systems Sustainment Center to address problems with Ukraine’s weapons management, namely readiness, repair, and maintenance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://humanevents.com/2023/03/02/exclusive-alexander-vindman-secretly-pitching-ukrainian-military-for-millions-in-defense-contracts__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7aHBtFRZ$

China’s Xi Jinping Is ‘Getting Ready for War,’ Russian Analyst Says: An analyst appearing on Russian state-run TV recently asserted that Chinese President Xi Jinping is preparing for a future war with the West.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/chinas-xi-jinping-getting-ready-war-russian-analyst-says-1785566__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7Xr-rpHN$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-03-03

Voices, The Peoples News

March 3, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous / Global
‘It’s ludicrous’: Coastal GasLink pushes its pipeline under a Wet’suwet’en river while salmon are spawning: It was back in October when northwest B.C. reporter Matt Simmons broke a story: Coastal GasLink was drilling its pipeline under a river on Wet’suwet’en territory, and it was doing it at the riskiest time for spawning salmon. Just how risky? And were regulators monitoring what was happening on the ground?
Getting any answers proved to be no easy feat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/coastal-gaslink-spawning-salmon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1ElqF6Os$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls ‘Cocaine hippos’ spark conservation row: A population of invasive hippos is dividing the community in Colombia and alarming conservationists.
Four hippos illegally imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar has grown into a population of 150 individuals. A growing population of invasive hippos threaten the country’s natural ecosystems and biodiversity. “If we don’t do anything, 20 years from now the problem will have no solution.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00606-z__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GYKZfYL$

‘Plasticosis’: Researchers Discover New Digestive Disease Sickening
Seabirds: “This study is the first time that stomach tissue has been investigated in this way and shows that plastic consumption can cause serious damage to these birds’ digestive system,” the paper’s lead author said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/03/plasticosis-new-disease-caused-by-plastics-discovered-in-seabirds__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NetXtwL$

# Archaeology
Archaeologists stunned by 2,900-year-old steel tools in Portugal: Steel tools were employed in Europe centuries before they became widespread during the Roman Republic era. “Just like quartzite, this is an extremely hard rock that cannot be worked with bronze or stone tools, but only with tempered steel,” says Araque Gonzalez.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-stunned-by-2900-year-old-steel-tools-in-portugal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1BMEqdSN$

# Chemicals
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ about to get their first US limits: The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that will fall hardest on small communities with few resources.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-03-toxic-chemicals-limits.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1MhksOjI$

‘Health impact of chemicals doubled in last 5 years’? Media misreporting flawed studies mislead the public https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/03/03/viewpoint-health-impact-of-chemicals-doubled-in-last-5-years-media-misreporting-flawed-studies-mislead-the-public/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1DSk-xKP$

Animals Dying Across Ohio State Parks After East Palestine Train
Derailment: Environmental Protection Agency, and some local officials have ensured air monitoring and water sample tests show everything is under control. But is it?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/animals-dying-across-ohio-state-parks-after-east-palestine-train-derailment?ao_status=skipped__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Jm8puNC$

Workers Cleaning Up Toxic Ohio Train Derailment Are Getting Sick, Rail Union Leader Warns: 40 workers were ordered by the railway to clean up the wreckage. Long said workers weren’t given proper personal protection equipment to clean up the toxic wreckage. He said many workers weren’t supplied respirators, protective clothing, or eye protection. As a result of the chemical exposure, many rail workers “reported that they continue to experience migraines and nausea, days after the derailment, and they all suspect that they were willingly exposed to these chemicals at the direction of [Norfolk Southern].”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalblaze.com/2023/03/workers-cleaning-up-toxic-ohio-train-derailment-are-getting-sick-rail-union-leader-warns.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Btdyb2f$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID-19’s enormous death toll: Worldwide life expectancy has experienced a steep decline: Rrecorded Covid-19 deaths worldwide are at
6.86 million. This is likely an underestimate, given the underreporting of fatalities in countries, such as China. More importantly, based on excess mortality calculations there’s mounting evidence that the
Covid-19 pandemic has taken a massive toll on global life expectancy.
Not since the famine in China in 1959, have we seen such a sharp decline in life expectancy worldwide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2023/03/02/covid-19s-enormous-death-toll-worldwide-life-expectancy-has-experienced-a-steep-decline/?sh=1170f8e74df7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1AZlOko5$

Long COVID now looks like a neurological disease, helping doctors to focus treatments: The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system. Patients with long COVID—sometimes called COVID long-haulers—experience an assortment of symptoms that may persist for weeks, months or even years after their
SARS-CoV-2 infection. While symptoms vary widely, months after COVID-19, some patients can’t shake the feeling that their brain is lost in a maze, and they can’t find their way back. This is a common complaint from COVID long-haulers, which has been described as “brain fog.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/potential-new-treatment-for-brain-fog-in-long-covid-patients/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1CxpyclE$

Pharma ‘myth’ debunked as study shows US public poured $32 billion into mRNA vaccines: “Without public investment, there would be no mRNA vaccines.” “Pharmaceutical companies have sold a false narrative to the public; that it was their investment which gave us mRNA vaccines and that they deserve the $75 billion profit.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/pharma-myth-public-funding-vaccines?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1D1LIlaq$

Russian COVID Vaccine Creator Strangled to Death With Belt in His
Apartment: Andrey Botikov, one of 18 scientists who developed the Sputnik V vaccine at the Gamaleya National Research Center, was identified as the man who had been discovered strangled in his Rogova Street home on March 2, Regnum reported, citing official sources.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/andrey-botikov-covid-vaccine-creator-dead-strangled-moscow-russia-1785352__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1IUrbwRp$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Senators Quietly Arguing Again About Social Security. That’s A Good Thing. This year’s debate started when several influential Republicans urged big Social Security changes as part of broader government reform.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2022/10/26/politicians-arguing-again-about-social-security-thats-good/?sh=540671294bee__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NX870fD$

House Leadership Delays Social Security Expansion While Crafting Tax Breaks for Rich Retirees: Nancy Pelosi’s office is blocking Social Security expansion, while Congress prepares to pass a windfall for rich retirees, insurance companies, and large asset managers like Vanguard and Fidelity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/power/house-leadership-delays-social-security-expansion-while-crafting-tax-breaks-for-rich-retirees/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1MMsxFJr$

Congressional Authority Over Trade Deals: To appease industrialized allies, the White House could undermine the delicate coalition backing domestic green manufacturing. The White House is brokering trade deals with Europe that could loosen sourcing rules in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), President Biden’s plan for green domestic manufacturing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cfr.org/report/who-decides-congress-and-debate-over-trade-policy-1934-and-1974__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GwwDh6t$

200+ Top US Economists to Congress: Raise Debt Ceiling or Face
‘Frightening’ Crisis: Failure to raise the borrowing limit, the economists warned, could spark “a swift and severe economic downturn”
and “unnecessary layoffs across the economy.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/economists-congress-debt-ceiling-crisis__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1B2SLoy2$

# Education / Schools
School safety: An eighth grader overheard what she thought was a threat to her school’s safety but when she reported it, she was punished for making a false accusation. The 13-year-old girl was in gym class when she heard a boy tell another classmate, “Don’t come to school tomorrow.”
By the end of the school day, the eighth-grader couldn’t stop turning those words over in her head. After all, her childhood has been punctuated by shootings: Newtown when she was a toddler. Parkland when she was in elementary school. Uvalde, last year, when 19 children and two teachers were gunned down https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/03/02/how-a-texas-girl-scared-of-school-shootings-was-punished/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GekyXgd$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Permanently Ban Rail Shipments of Liquefied Natural Gas: Warning of the risk of an explosion and catastrophe along a densely populated route, congressional representatives from Pennsylvania ask a federal agency to finalize a rollback of a Trump-era rule.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03032023/lng-rail-shipments/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Amz4mo1$

Feds ‘Cave to PG&E,’ Allowing California Nuclear Plant to Keep Operating Without Safety Review: “This is an ominous warning sign for how independent the NRC will be in evaluating the earthquake risk and the overall operational integrity of the Diablo Canyon reactors,” said one critic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/diablo-canyon-nuclear-power-plant__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Kfb1FPV$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
In central Alberta, public school teachers gather for session on ‘bright future for oil and gas’: An annual teachers’ conference featured a speaker from a member of the Pathways Alliance, a group of oilsands firms advocating for continued use of fossil fuels alongside carbon capture.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-teachers-pathways-alliance/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1DBTPbZg$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Deforestation Inc; How ‘green’ firms prevent climate action:
Deforestation Inc. reveals how green certifiers are used to validate forest products linked to human rights abuses, illegal logging and unsustainable deforestation. At least 160 companies in Indonesia, one of the world’s biggest tropical wood exporters, have disregarded environmental regulations over the past decade. 54 FSC-certified companies in Brazil have been fined millions of dollars.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dw.com/en/deforestation-inc-how-green-firms-prevent-climate-action/a-64851705?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1OFvPnF-$

Retailers With Highest Maritime Shipping Emissions Named in New Report:
Brands like Walmart, Target and Home Depot are the focus of a new report on shipping emissions. The report found that just 18 major retailers are linked to 3.5 million metric tons of emissions solely from ship imports into the U.S. in 2021. Major US retailers face call to abandon polluting ships Environmental groups call on retailers to help accelerate switch to zero-carbon fuels https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1144174/Major-US-retailers-face-call-to-abandon-polluting-ships__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1BkPjvUh$

More than 90 scientists from around the world have written an open letter recommending that research be done on the potential of increasing solar radiation modification (SRM), the reflection of sunlight away from Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes referred to as “solar geoengineering,” in order to slow planetary warming and lessen climate impacts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/geoengineering-scientists-climate-change.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NxOJse1$

# General News
‘We Were Right,’ Says AOC as Amazon Suspends HQ2 Construction in
Virginia: The Democrat said those who opposed the company’s project in Queens protected New Yorkers “from a scam deal to drain public dollars from schools and infrastructure in exchange for empty promises” of jobs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-hq2-virginia-ocasio-cortez__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NPt7kev$

Shadow Group Linked to Russian Plane Blast Is Coming to D.C:
Anti-Kremlin officials who have become a massive thorn in the side of Vladimir Putin and his top ally are set for an official visit to America, The Daily Beast has learned.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/belarus-opposition-group-is-visiting-washington-dc-after-russian-plane-explosion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1KWo9oXA$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia is caught in a trap with Israel and Iran. In an Israel-Iran conflict over Tehran’s nuclear program, Moscow may be the loser. If Israel and Iran enter into conflict over Tehran’s nuclear program, one of the main losers may be Moscow.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/89150__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1CVttRi6$

It’s going to be a long, hard year for Armenia. The prime minister is taking risks to fix overdependence on Russia, but much of what happens depends on Azerbaijan. The Ukraine War Is Reshaping the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict With Russia unable to act as key mediator, the countries are looking elsewhere for help.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/04/25/ukraine-war-is-reshaping-armenia-azerbaijan-conflict-pub-86994__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1K45liYv$

Huge Russian Victory Feared as Soldier Delivers Grim Message: Ukraine — The wrath of the Russian army is on full display in Bakhmut as the majority of surviving civilians have fled the ongoing carnage while Ukrainian soldiers fight to save the city. Now, as Vladimir Putin’s forces draw closer, those leaving fear what is at stake for their comrades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ustoday.news/major-russian-victory-feared-as-soldier-delivers-grim-message/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Mm7e-FV$

# Gov / Politics / US
Some politicians seem comfortable with the idea of a new cold war. A twenty-first century version almost certainly would not turn out well for anyone. Republican leaders draw on Reagan-era nostalgia to unite their party, but a 21st-century cold war would not end well for anyone.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2023/feb/27/new-cold-war-russia-ukraine-biden-republicans-china__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1M6GFyR6$

How the U.S. Is Preparing to Handle Foreign Policy Crises: Russia’s escalation of the war in Ukraine, increased tensions with China, and an always volatile Middle East have kept the Biden administration in constant motion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-us-is-preparing-to-handle-foreign-policy-crises__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1KEKtMG3$

Preparing for the Next Foreign Policy Crisis. What the United States Should Do: Managing foreign policy crises has become a recurring challenge for U.S. presidents. Since the end of the Cold War, there have been one hundred twenty occasions in which a threatening development overseas triggered a period of intense, high-level deliberation about what the United States should do in response (see the list of U.S.
foreign policy crises from 1989 to 2019, pages 18–23 in this report) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/Preparing*20for*20the*20Next*20Foreign*20Policy*20Crisis.pdf__;JSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1M6Rw8X1$

Republican House and Senate Budgets Would Harm Children and the Nation:
The Republican-led House and Senate recently passed their respective
FY16 budget resolutions with only Republicans votes. Both would cut spending on crucial programs for poor and low-income children to unprecedented levels while increasing defense spending and giving tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, reflecting completely upside-down priorities. At a time when our children lag further and further behind compared to peers in other high-income countries, these budgets would continue to slash funding for programs already at historically low levels.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.childrensdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fy2016-house-and-senate.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1MAq8NQO$

Democrats vote to ‘rein in’ Biden’s executive orders: Nearly 60 House Democrats voted with Republicans in the U.S. House Wednesday to put a check President Joe Biden’s executive orders. The House voted on the REIN IN Inflation Act, which would require the Biden administration to publish the “inflationary impact” of each executive order before issuing it. The bill passed 272-148 with 59 Democrats in support.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e7f4d1ee-b87e-11ed-a910-5b4204607425.html?a&seyid=52223*utm_source=thecentersquare.com&utm_campaign=*2FNational*2Flists*2Ft2*2F*2F&utm_medium=email__;PyUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GxW6A87$

On Biden Turning Down China’s Push for a Peace Deal in Ukraine: Why won’t the U.S. provide a serious response to the Chinese peace plan, let alone engage with Beijing at a negotiating table?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/china-peace-deal-for-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1IRisMny$

Why Biden snubbed China’s Ukraine peace plan: President Biden and his coterie of neo-conservatives have no interest in peace if it means the U.S. concedes hegemonic power to a multi-polar world unbothered from the all-mighty dollar. A year after Russia’s barbarous invasion and bombing of Ukraine, China — Moscow’s strategic partner, has taken a rare initiative into European problem-solving by offering a 12-point position paper to end the conflict in Ukraine. Why? Beijing’s motives are complex.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3875996-what-to-make-of-chinas-peace-plan-for-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1F-g_NTH$

# Legal / DOJ
Trump CAN Be Sued Over Capitol Riot, Justice Department Says: Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S.
Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump’s legal vulnerability for his speech before the riot. The Justice Department told a Washington federal appeals court in a legal filing that it should allow the lawsuits to move forward, rejecting Trump’s argument that he is immune from the claims.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/trump-jan-6-capitol-police-congress-immunity-d18d0c6369837c725578cf6e13c18883__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1DPDSLy3$

Why Is Assange in Jail and Not Seymour Hersh? Seymour Hersh – arguably the most credible investigative journalist of our era – published a bombshell exposé revealing that the United States was guilty of blowing up the Nord Stream II undersea pipeline that was supposed to deliver natural gas from Russia to the Federal Republic of Germany. Hersh’s revelations were based entirely on classified information leaked to him by a member of the government with first-hand knowledge of the planning and implementation of the attack on the pipeline – a member of the government who clearly broke the law by violating his fiduciary duty not to reveal classified information to an unauthorized source.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/27/why-is-assange-in-jail-and-not-seymour-hersh/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1IMTXN4Y$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Transphobic Grumps Are Triggered by an Ad for… Chocolate:
Anti-transgender muppets had a meltdown on social media Thursday after The Hershey Company released a new ad featuring a transgender woman for Women’s History Month.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/transphobic-grumps-very-triggered-ad-172039867.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1BEr1RU8$

Tennessee banned drag and restricted gender affirming healthcare. More states are expected to follow suit. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill banning drag shows in public spaces, a measure that will likely force drag shows underground in Tennessee. Other states across the country are proposing similar legislation. In the same sitting, Lee signed a ban on gender-affirming health care for youth in the state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160784530/tennessee-ban-public-drag-shows-transgender-health-care-youth__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Jng7pUh$

Religious activists are trying to weaken new protections for LGBTQ
workers: Three federal judges in Louisiana could soon decide if some businesses can refuse to hire gay or transgender employees following recent oral arguments in a case that seeks to challenge the landmark Supreme Court ruling, Bostock v. Clayton County. The 2020 ruling determined that LGBTQ employees are protected from workplace discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/religious-activists-are-trying-to-weaken-new-protections-for-lgbtq-workers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1N2WhbDv$

# Medical / Health
Too many babies are still dying from serious intestinal disease, as improvements slow and disparities persist: A study published in JAMA Network Open has found that in the U.S. between 1999 and 2020, Black infants disproportionately died from necrotizing enterocolitis compared to White infants, despite overall improvements in the rates of death from the disease.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-babies-dying-intestinal-disease-disparities.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1MjC6JfK$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
How IBM’s Supercomputer Found a Hidden New Parkinson’s Drug: To understand how the AI found this drug, you need to first understand something called mitochondrial dysfunction. This occurs when the powerhouse of a cell (i.e. the mitochondria) doesn’t work properly. It’s further exacerbated when the cells can’t dispose of the defective mitochondria in a process called mitophagy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ibm-supercomputer-found-hidden-parkinson-194812390.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1DJLDx3S$

# Science
Dive beneath the surface of the North Pacific Ocean through these Hakai Institute videos that capture the wonderful lives of the tiny, the miniature, the microworld. Meet all kinds of plankton, living epic lives just out of sight.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/the-big-lives-of-tiny-creatures/?omhide=true&utm_source=Hakai*Magazine*Weekly&utm_campaign=68957ad895-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_06_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-68957ad895-121711450__;Kys!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Ae-kD5D$

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# Children / Youth
Missouri bill eliminates mandatory childhood lead testing in hopes of increasing access: Lead is a dangerous neurotoxin that can cause behavioral problems and lower IQ. A Missouri House committee is considering legislation to streamline testing requirements to catch childhood lead poisoning. The bill would do away with the mandatory testing and instead require that all children be evaluated based on a questionnaire. If they are thought to be high risk based on the questionnaire, they would be tested if their guardians consented.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://missouriindependent.com/2023/03/01/missouri-bill-eliminates-mandatory-childhood-lead-testing-in-hopes-of-increasing-access/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uvy3ngSRw$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
FBI confirms COVID-19 likely came from Wuhan lab: The FBI has confirmed initial reports that the Biden administration is now saying the most likely source of COVID-19 is the virology lab in Wuhan, China. Wray’s admission marks the second government agency to publicly back the lab leak theory. The Department of Energy also has backed the assessment that COVID-19 began in a lab, but has labeled it “low confidence.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/01/covid-19-lab-leak-christopher-wray/11372746002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv_apsSPC$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals / Global # Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks Texas GOP Bill Gives Tax Cuts to Heterosexual Parents: A new proposal would give massive breaks to large families, but only if the parents are straight property owners who’ve never been divorced.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-republicans-tax-cuts-straight-couples-many-children-1234689876/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv1aCQs0I$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Fossil fuel companies donated $700m to US universities over 10 years:
Funding at 27 universities can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction the industry prefers, report says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/01/fossil-fuel-companies-donate-millions-us-universities__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv79cPt2N$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Biden set for veto of Senate bill opposing climate friendly investing:
Two Democrats joined with GOP lawmakers to pass the bill, revealing how vulnerable incumbents can help trip up White House climate policies. The Senate voted 50-46 to block the ESG rule, with two Democrats, Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Jon Tester (Mont.), joining Republicans in opposing the Biden administration policy. The White House has said that Biden would veto the resolution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3879725-senate-sends-bill-nullifying-bidens-esg-investing-rule-to-presidents-desk/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv8dus2cd$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Emergency Food Stamps Program Ends, Cutting Benefits for 31 Million:
Congress gave the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program a big boost during the Covid-19 pandemic, helping millions of households avoid hunger and food shortages over the past three years. As of today, the temporary increase in SNAP benefits is coming to an end, a move that will reduce the level of federal nutritional aid for millions of households.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20230301-Emergency-Food-Stamps-Program-Ends-Cutting-Benefits-31-Million__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1UvyjDKaT9$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Warned of More Mystery Attacks After Plane Explosion: Shadow government officials in Belarus spoke with The Daily Beast about the Russian aircraft blast—and what Putin should expect next if their country isn’t kept out of the war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/belarus-opposition-warns-vladimir-putin-of-more-mystery-blasts-after-russian-plane-drone-explosion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1UvzSpWcOm$

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump Ties GOP in Knots Over Medicare and Social Security: The former president is assailing his primary opponents for entertaining entitlement cuts in the past, and exacerbating divisions among Hill Republicans in the process. Donald Trump is driving a wedge through the GOP over one of American politics’ thorniest issues: the future of Medicare and Social Security.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/01/trump-gop-medicare-social-security-00084845__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv1_aWLon$

Senate Group Wades Into Tough Talks on Social Security: A bipartisan group of senators is treading carefully into the politically difficult discussion of making changes to Social Security to extend its solvency.
Senators from both parties who have been involved in the talks are tight-lipped when it comes to revealing details, though reports have begun to surface of discussions of potential changes to the age threshold for retirement and raising the taxable wage cap.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3878265-senate-group-wades-into-tough-talks-on-social-security/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv2gmf4v5$

Shock as Tennessee Republican suggests lynching-style hangings as execution method: A Tennessee legislator has apologised after suggesting hanging people from trees as a potential method for state executions, in comments interpreted by some as a call to state-sanctioned lynchings.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/shock-tennessee-republican-suggests-lynching-190830732.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv0vOW_V-$

# Legal / DOJ
House Ethics Committee investigating George Santos for just about
everything: After months of scandal, the House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it has opened a formal investigation into New York Republican Rep. George Santos.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160682985/george-santos-ethics-investigation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv70UJmT4$

New Member Profile: Rep. George Santos: The House Ethics Committee announced a new investigation against Rep. George Santos on Thursday.
Numerous complaints were filed with the Department of Justice, the Office of Congressional Ethics and the FEC after Santos’ false claims called attention to unusual campaign finance disclosures and financial dealings, among other allegations. OpenSecrets has launched new member profiles for the 118th Congress, including Santos.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/george-devolder-santos/summary?cid=N00046427&cycle=2022&emci=2efaac98-1cb9-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&emdi=82ee3ae1-41b9-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&ceid=8400680__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv1Y6-lbs$

# Media
I don’t usually tout about T.V. programs. This one caught my attention for the simple reason it tells the truth behind social events here and in other countries. Give it a look .. ‘While the rest of us die,’ on Vice T.V.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/while-the-rest-of-us-die__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1UvzpHAKVa$

# Military / Global
Russia Unveils New Nuclear Strategy: Moscow is developing a new military strategy in which nuclear weapons will be used to protect Russia against possible aggression from the United States, according to a Russian Ministry of Defense journal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/russia-new-nuclear-strategy-ukraine-war-1785052__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv_5Yxllo$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
‘Time to end the greed’: Sanders vows bill to cap price of insulin at
$20 per vial: “Insulin manufacturers have shown time and time again that they will put their CEOs’ profits over patients’ lives.” “As a result of unacceptable corporate greed, the price of insulin has gone up by over 1,000% since 1996,” the Vermont senator said after Eli Lilly announced its price cut.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-insulin-price-cap__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv9zgZx7e$

# Social
Gov. DeSantis: You’re a history grad. Tell me when systemic racism
ended: Today’s champions of white victim hood claim that the teaching of ethnic history and ongoing/systemic racism stokes guilt feelings among white students and anger between students of different racial groups.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/01/gov-desantis-youre-a-history-grad-tell-me-when-systemic-racism-ended/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv-OOL-5m$

# Technology
Time to invoke the precautionary principle for radiofrequency radiation, say senior scientists: The precautionary principle should be applied to public exposures to RF radiation. Why Don’t the Tenets of Toxicology Apply? The picture that has emerged in public discourse has been distorted by some “fundamentally flawed, yet widely publicized reports purporting to show no health risk.” They point out that much of this disinformation comes from “industry-affiliated scientists.” “It is imperative to insist on a complete picture of the evidence and not the whitewashed or distorted version currently promoted,” they say.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://microwavenews.com/news-center/apply-precautionary-principle-rf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uvwgk_-fn$

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# Children / Youth
How Did Children End Up as Factory Workers in America Again? Kids as young as 12 or 13 work in jobs that are prohibited, dangerous, and grossly inappropriate places for minors. Child labor is on the rise, and the newest revelations show just how extensive and exploitative it is. These horrifying stories were supposed to be in the history books, not something we see in 2023. How did this happen?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/child-labor-factories-migrant-teenagers-cheerios-nytimes-biden.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZJtZ7Oky$

# Chemicals
Kids’ glyphosate exposure linked to liver disease and metabolic
syndrome: Over the last decade, Dr. Charles Limbach noticed something strange in his family medicine practice in East Salinas, California. In a first-of-its kind study, researchers found children exposed to the controversial herbicide were more likely in early adulthood to have a collection of symptoms that increase risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/glyphosate-childrens-health-2659484037.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZLzV-8N2$

US averages one chemical accident every two days, analysis finds:
Increasing numbers of incidents have increased concern over safety and public health for communities across the country. Increasing numbers of incidents have increased concern over safety and public health for communities across the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/03/01/us-averages-one-chemical-accident-every-two-days-analysis-finds/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZHO1lI59$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
‘My family could provide a wealth of business opportunities at the highest levels.’ Joe Biden’s brother Jim touted his connections in a groveling letter asking for a meeting with a Qatari prince in charge of the nation’s $170b investment fund –Jim Biden wrote the letter, obtained by DailyMail dot com, in August 2017. He dangled the family’s ‘deep and wide’ relationships that ‘lasted through many years and many administrations’ to the senior prince. Joe’s younger brother went on to
gush: ‘I would be honored to assist in effectuating the vision of His Excellency’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11763421/Joe-Bidens-brother-Jim-touted-connections-groveling-letter-Qatari-prince.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZN0FRTwW$

The House voted to kill the Biden administration’s controversial rule that encourages private retirement plan fiduciaries to consider environment, social and governance (ESG) factors when making investment decisions for tens of millions of Americans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-votes-kill-bidens-woke-esg-investment-rule-props-up-phony-climate-movement__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZKH-JCGo$

House GOP announces aggressive, first-of-its-kind effort to combat ESG
movement: Progressives are trying to use financial institutions to ‘force their far-left ideology on the American people,’ top Republican tells Fox News Digital https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-gop-announces-aggressive-first-kind-effort-combat-esg-movement__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZIoZ-wlA$

How the GOP Could Win Its Long War Against Social Security Republicans have wanted to end Social Security as we know it since its inception.
They may finally get their chance. Republicans Are Too Thirsty for Social Security Cuts: Make no mistake, a plan to raise the retirement age is a plan to cut benefits.Social Security is wildly popular among Americans of all political persuasions, yet conservative politicians in Congress have released plans to cut, privatize, and destroy Social Security.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/how-gop-could-win-long-war-against-social-security/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZE4uYP56$

How the US Blew $90 Billion in Afghanistan: A new in-depth report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction examines the collapse of the Afghan security forces in August 2021 – a collapse that occurred despite the expenditure of billions of U.S. dollars and the loss of thousands of American and Afghan lives over nearly two decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theworld.org/stories/2015-12-18/behold-american-taxpayer-what-happened-nearly-half-billion-your-dollars__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZHhPcrO8$

# Education / Schools
Conservative Justices Skeptical of Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan: The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments about President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive more than $400 billion of student debt over 30 years, and by most accounts, it didn’t go well for the administration.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/28/supreme-court-appears-skeptical-of-bidens-student-debt-relief-plan-00084793__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZDtEDhq1$

California School Pepper Sprays Students Protesting Racism: An anti-racism protest at Indian Springs High School in San Bernardino, California, turned unruly and led to a campus safety officer using pepper spray on students, authorities said. The school district says the students became “unruly,” but one mom questioned what kind of environment staff created to lead to the protest in the first place.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3879487-high-school-students-pepper-sprayed-at-anti-racism-protest-in-california/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZNrJspEA$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Texas oil and gas producers want their tax break back: An effort to resurrect Texas’ Chapter 313 tax abatement is underway in the Legislature. With the March 10 deadline for new bills in the Texas Legislature fast approaching, pressure is mounting to come up with a replacement for Chapter 313, a recently expired program that helped oil and gas companies, chip manufacturers and other industries secure billions in tax abatements through local school districts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://capitalandmain.com/texas-oil-and-gas-producers-want-their-tax-break-back__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZD2azp47$

DeSantis, Pence allies launching campaign to speed energy approvals: A new group aims to spend up to $10 million to sway Congress to loosen federal rules for both fossil fuel projects and green power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/28/desantis-pence-allies-campaign-speed-energy-approvals-00084353__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZMrWL08p$

Train carrying more than 30,000 gallons of propane fuel derails in Florida – Hazmat crews rush to the scene after six cars overturn | 28 Feb 2023 | A train carrying more than 30,000 gallons of propane fuel has derailed in Florida, sparking new environmental concerns just weeks after a toxic train overturned in Ohio.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11804491/Train-carrying-30-000-gallons-propane-fuel-derails-Florida.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZCQy0hZr$

Alaska’s Willow Project is Part of America’s Energy Security Solution:
For more than a year, President Biden and others have harangued oil and gas companies for earning too much money and then not investing enough of those profits to increase domestic production. Enter ConocoPhillips with its Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska (NPR-A). The development is expected to produce 180,000 barrels of oil daily at its peak, making it the most significant project on Alaska’s North Slope in more than 20 years. Willow will create thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of permanent jobs. It will also generate billions in tax and royalty revenues for the federal government, the state of Alaska and local communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2023/03/01/opinion-alaskas-willow-project-is-part-of-americas-energy-security-solution-inside-sources/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZCuP6nrf$

How to beat the ‘fracking frenzy,’ lessons from the campaign that ended fracking in Ireland: “We want to make the government listen to the community, who for over a decade now have been saying that fracking is not safe, not trusted, not wanted in the territory.” The fossil fuel industry knew this before anyone else. Yet the industry continues to seek new extractive frontiers on all continents in what has been labeled a “fracking frenzy” by campaigners.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/03/01/how-to-beat-the-fracking-frenzy-lessons-from-the-campaign-that-ended-fracking-in-ireland/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZGAhsIN_$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure The little-known physical and mental health benefits of urban trees:
Trees slow climate change — and they help people live happier, healthier, and longer lives.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/the-little-known-physical-and-mental-health-benefits-of-urban-trees/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZOR8ggRK$

On the edge: The next deadly pandemic is just a forest clearing away.
But we’re not even trying to prevent it.
The institutions we trust to protect us, from the World Health Organization to U.S. agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focus on responding to epidemics, fighting the fires once they have begun, as if we could not have predicted where they would start or prevented them from sparking.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/pandemic-spillover-outbreak-guinea-forest-clearing__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZHjZMpWY$

Why 23 dead whales have washed up on the East Coast since December:
First a North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered species, washed ashore in Virginia. Then a humpback floated onto a beach in New Jersey. Not long afterward, a minke whale, swept in on the morning tide, landed on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York City.
And that was in just a single week in February. In all, 23 dead whales have washed ashore along the East Coast since early December, including
12 in New Jersey and New York, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-23-dead-whales-washed-124824174.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZKD0v_7N$

“We’ve come to say goodbye”: Visitors flock to Fairfield Lake State Park on its last day: For decades the park has sat on leased land that the owner recently decided to sell. As the staff closed the gates Monday night for the last time, visitors and staff held out hope that the state could find a way to save the park.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/28/texas-fairfield-lake-state-park-closed/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZKuxxsct$

# Environment / Climate / Global
A vanishing world: Winter sea ice is melting away from Labrador: There’s a long list of reasons the prices of food and fuel have spiked across Canada, including here in northern Labrador, forcing much of the working population nearly to its knees. At the heart of financial strife is a climate that grows warmer, more chaotic by the year. Locals normally get resources from the land. Country food like arctic char, seal and ptarmigan, and dry wood from places accessible only by snowmobile, supplement their kitchens and homes. The land provides what they need to survive, without a solid layer of sea ice, they simply can’t get to it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/a-vanishing-world__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZGhcyHVZ$

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Sees Its Worst February on Record as Lula Struggles With Bolsonaro’s Legacy Despite the electoral victory of President Lula da Silva, has promised to end deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by 2030, the forest just experienced its worst February on record. Brazil’s INPE space research institute’s DETER monitoring system found that 80.6 square miles of forest had been cleared as of Feb. 17, as AFP reported, an area equal to
30,000 football fields. WWF Brazil expert Daniel Silva said the deforestation might not be all it seemed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-brazil-2023.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZCHcKaoV$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
30 million SNAP recipients get food benefits slashed: As one advocate put it, “People had this budget, things haven’t gotten better, and now you’re going to a grocery store where things are more expensive.” As the outlet reported: “That means a family of four could see their monthly benefit cut by about $328 a month. The worst-hit could be elderly Americans who receive the minimum monthly benefit, Vollinger said. They could see their SNAP payments tumble from $281 to as little as $23 per month.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/30-million-face-hunger-snap-cuts-loom__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZOlo0i7t$

# General News
Trump Stiffed Local Cops. Now It’s Coming Back to Bite Him: Months or even years later, the Trump campaign still hasn’t paid some local departments for the overtime pay they earned after working his rallies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/trump-rallies-2024/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZNFxlSmg$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Whispers of Putin’s Secret Lifeline Threaten Rebound in War: Initial efforts to force Ukraine to capitulate failed, Ukraine took back much of Russia’s gains, and, as the conflict drags on, the military’s supplies of everything from tanks to missiles are starting to dwindle.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/whispers-putin-secret-lifeline-threaten-094058418.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZF8X8tNj$

# Gov / Politics / US
Washington, D.C. City Council says bill for allowing non-citizens to vote is now law: The law allows for qualified non-citizens to vote as long as they reside in the city for at least 30 days. A Washington, D.C., effort to allow non-citizens, including undocumented immigrants and foreign diplomats according to the Wall Street journal, to vote in local elections is now law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/washington-dc-city-council-bill-allowing-noncitizens-vote-law__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZDnSMeeQ$

# LGBTQ / Gender
The Tennessee governor who said he’ll ban drag performances is going viral for appearing to have dressed in drag:
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, who is expected to sign into law a ban on drag in public, is facing accusations of hypocrisy this week following a resurfaced high school yearbook photo that appears to show him dressed in drag.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/28/tennessee-governor-ban-drag-shows-photo-bill-lee__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZLsBRZWq$
Tennessee governor appears to have dressed in drag, an art form he wants to restrict https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/tennessee-governor-appears-dressed-drag-art-form-wants-restrict-rcna72569__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZKxCLCSm$

Mississippi Enacts Transgender Healthcare Ban for Youth Amid Spate of Anti-Trans Laws in Red States: The Republican-controlled Mississippi Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would ban gender-affirming care in the state for anyone younger than 18, part of a broad effort in conservative states to restrict transgender athletes, gender-affirming care and drag shows. House Bill 1125 won final approval Tuesday in the Republican-controlled Mississippi Senate https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-health/ap-mississippi-senate-passes-limit-on-transgender-health-care/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZEayDza4$

# Medical / Health
Drug Giant Eli Lilly Dramatically Slashes Price of Insulin: The drugmaker will cap monthly out-of-pocket costs at $35 for most patients.
After last year’s “Free Insulin” Twitter debacle prompted Eli Lilly to do some soul searching over the cost of its insulin in the U.S., the Indianapolis-based company has come back from the drawing board with a major discount in hand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/lilly-slashes-insulin-prices-70-caps-out-pocket-costs-35-major-access-overhaul__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZKYRkXZI$

# Medical Science
People Are Getting Pregnant on TikTok’s Trendy ‘On-Demand’ Birth
Control: “Like putting lemon juice in your vagina and hoping for the
best”: Is hormone-free Phexxi too risky in a post-Roe America? No birth control is perfect, but with the stakes of an unplanned pregnancy higher than ever, some women are raising questions about whether, in post-Roe America, the product should be on the market at all.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/new-drug-combo-promising-candidate-for-on-demand-contraceptive-pill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZEVddtwH$
The Pill Helped Start the Sexual Revolution. What Will Phexxi Do?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/style/what-is-phexxi.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZBiL2Nb_$

# Military / Global
North Korea displays enough ICBMs to overwhelm U.S. West Coast defences:
Administration after administration has failed to stop North Korea from developing such large numbers of an ICBM that could possibly reach the United States to conceivably overwhelm the U. S. defense against them, blowing a hole in decades of denuclearization and homeland security policies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/08/north-korea-missile-capability-icbms-00081993__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZIiNp6nv$

Russia deploying nuclear missile carriers in Arctic for first time since collapse of USSR, Norwegian intelligence reports These vessels belong to Russia’s Northern Fleet. The report noted that during the Soviet era, Northern Fleet warships regularly went to sea with nuclear weapons, but this is the first time the modern Russian Federation has done the same.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-nuclear-ships-norway-ukraine-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZIBH2T_T$

The Russian Arctic Threat: Consequences of the Ukraine War: The impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine has been felt in the Arctic. The region’s primary diplomatic venue is paused, and military tensions are increasing. When Sweden and Finland join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), every Arctic country save Russia will be a member of the U.S. led alliance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.csis.org/analysis/russian-arctic-threat-consequences-ukraine-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZAF_Y63T$

It is believed that Iran has enriched uranium to 84%, just shy of the level needed for a nuclear weapon. Additionally, the IAEA reports that Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile over 18 times limit of 2015 deal.
Experts do not believe that Iran has yet mastered the technology to actually build a bomb. The new figure was discovered by monitoring equipment operated by the world’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). But the Bloomberg report did not reveal how much uranium enriched to this extent Iran has produced. The amount needed for a nuclear bomb is about a grapefruit-sized worth, which would weigh around 33 pounds. (Uranium metal is even more dense than lead.) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3865793-iran-enriched-uranium-to-84-percent-but-can-it-make-a-nuclear-bomb/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZPu9aHHj$

# Technology
Upper ranks of Big Tech swarming with ex-CIA and FBI, ‘agents of the national security state’ — Evidence is mounting that the many ex-intelligence officials populating the ranks of Big Tech are deliberately placed to control the flow of public information. Big Tech giants such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google are not merely private companies but essentially “agents of the national security state,”
observed a journalist who has extensively studied the subject.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/upper-ranks-of-big-tech-swarming-with-ex-cia-and-fbi-agents-of-the-national-security-state/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZD3HcIrP$

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February 28, 2023
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# Indigenous
U.S. Marshals to Work with Yurok Tribe to Probe Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons: Yurok Tribe in northern California has been selected as the first pilot location for the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative, as part of the agency’s plans to develop tribally-led collaborative partnerships to proactively examine public safety issues – particularly those involving missing endangered children.
https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/yurok-tribe-us-marshals-partner-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-persons

Green colonialism is flooding the Pacific Northwest: The Yakama Nation is fighting a pumped hydro storage development near Goldendale, Washington, but it’s just one of many.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.3/indigenous-affairs-green-colonialism-is-flooding-the-pacific-northwest

# Indigenous / Global
Eduardo Mendúa, Ecuadorian Who Fought Oil Extraction on Indigenous Land, Is Shot to Death: The proposed expansion of petroleum operations on Amazon rainforest territory belonging to the A’i Cofan people has divided Indigenous locals.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28022023/eduardo-mendua-ecuador-shot-death/

# Chemicals
How pesticides impair our senses: one study estimates that about 385 million cases of unintentional, acute pesticide poisoning occur among farm workers each year. A 2020 study found that of the estimated 860 million agricultural workers worldwide, 44% are affected by pesticide poisoning annually. Acute health impacts can range from seizures to respiratory depression. Pesticide exposure has been associated with conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Parkinson’s disease. Pesticide exposure has also been linked to sensory deterioration.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230215-how-pesticides-harm-human-health

Vinyl chloride’s invisible threat: Thousands of pounds are released every year in the U.S. as part of “poison plastic” manufacturing: According to the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which “tracks the management of certain toxic chemicals that may pose a threat to human health and the environment,” there are 38 TRI facilities in 15 states, mostly around the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern U.S., that use vinyl chloride, emitting about half a million pounds of the substance every year. Vinyl chloride’s origins generate from ethane, which is obtained through fracking natural gas. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said ethane production hit a monthly record last year of more than 2.4 million barrels per day. The global PVC market is expected to become a $56.1 billion industry within the next 3 years.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vinyl-chloride-ohio-train-derailment-thousands-pounds-released-annually-plastics/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Child didn’t die of global bird-flu variant: An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia who died after being infected with avian influenza A (H5N1) had a different variant from that causing mass deaths in birds globally. The strain she was carrying is endemic to the region, and last infected people in Cambodia about a decade ago.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00585-1?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=bce4cc3e93-briefing-dy-20230228&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-bce4cc3e93-43812897

SARS-2 Geopolitical Bio-Weapon. US Energy Department Blames China but Hides Fauci, Darpa & Gates Role: Two sources said that the Department of Energy assessed in the intelligence report that it had “low confidence” the Covid-19 virus accidentally escaped from a lab in Wuhan. «The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress» wrote the Wall Street Journal throwing yet another stone at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and triggering a chain reaction in the media.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/02/27/sars-2-geopolitical-bio-weapon-against-china-us-energy-department-blames-but-hides-fauci-darpa-gates-role/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
When Federal Interest Payments Come To Exceed the Military Budget; Time to Stop Defending the Rest of the World: The cost of interest payments on the national debt will continue to grow as a financial burden for the U.S. over the next decade, even surpassing what the nation spends on national defense within a few years, a newly released budget analysis shows.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/when-federal-interest-payments-come-exceed-military-budget-time-stop-defending-rest

# Education / Schools
University of California Under Fire for Blackstone Investment, the university has invested $4.5 billion with the real estate arm of the private equity giant. The university’s unions oppose the deal on the grounds that corporate landlords such as Blackstone inflame California’s housing crisis by driving up rents and eviction rates. Union leaders have announced upcoming actions to urge the university to divest from Blackstone.
https://prospect.org/education/2023-02-28-university-california-blackstone-housing/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Coal plant pollution can be deadly, even hundreds of miles downwind: Even as coal declines, it is still keeping a deadly grasp on communities across the country. The coal industry may be dying in the U.S., but its health impacts are not, report finds.
https://grist.org/climate-energy/coal-plant-pollution-can-be-deadly-even-hundreds-of-miles-downwind/

EPA Paused Waste Shipments From Ohio Train Derailment After Texas Uproar: Last week in Houston, politicians protested indignantly as news emerged that hazardous waste from the East Palestine, Ohio, trail derailment was traveling to their city. Officials issued statements saying the public should have been warned, prompting the Environmental Protection Agency on Saturday to order a halt to shipments of waste out of the Ohio disaster site
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28022023/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-waste-texas/#:~:text=Officials%20issued%20statements%20saying%20the,caught%20fire%20earlier%20this%20month.

# Environment / Climate / Global
Pacific islanders head to Australia for jobs as climate fears grow:
* Climate change is a contributing factor in Pacific Islanders choosing to move to Australia.
* Policymakers in island nations fear Australia’s efforts to court migrant workers could fuel a “brain drain” of skilled people.
* Pacific workers can earn up to four times as much in Australia or New Zealand, says a researcher.
Australia will introduce a permanent residency option for Pacific islanders this year, and has also expanded its short-term labour programme – part of the country’s wider efforts to counter China’s growing influence in the region.
https://www.news24.com/fin24/climate_future/news/pacific-islanders-head-to-australia-for-jobs-as-climate-fears-grow-20230227

The toxic legacy of the Ukraine war: heavy metals, fuel and chemical residues from ammunition and missiles have seeped into the soil. Although the full extent of soil contamination in Ukraine is not yet known, there are concerns that the conflict will cause long-lasting damage to the country’s agricultural productivity. Ukraine is one of the world’s most important producers and exporters of cereals and oilseeds, including corn, wheat, barley and sunflower oil. The widespread pollution caused by the conflict also threatens local wildlife and the health of communities, who are at risk of eating contaminated crops.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230221-the-toxic-legacy-of-the-ukraine-war

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
How microplastics are infiltrating the food you eat: Microplastics have infiltrated every part of the planet. One study estimated that there are around 24.4 trillion fragments of microplastics in the upper regions of the world’s oceans. But they aren’t just ubiquitous in water – they are spread widely in soils on land too and can even end up in the food we eat. Unwittingly, we may be consuming tiny fragments of plastic with almost every bite we take. Chemicals found in plastic have been linked to cancer, heart disease and poor fetal development. High levels of ingested microplastics may also cause cell damage which could lead to inflammation and allergic reactions.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230103-how-plastic-is-getting-into-our-food
Study: Micro- and nano-plastics in edible fruit and vegetables. The first diet risks assessment for the general population
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935120305703

Society has never produced so much food, yet we live in a world where only the rich get to be healthy: Our societies have never produced so much food, yet we live in a capitalist perversion where fresh, healthy food, and the time to prepare it, are priced as a luxury, while highly processed items are inexpensive, easy and aggressively mass-marketed. It’s not a failure of collective willpower that’s jeopardising our health, but a diet of bad food that’s culturally familiar, low in nutrition and super available.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/16/society-has-never-produced-so-much-food-yet-we-live-in-a-world-where-only-the-rich-get-to-be-healthy

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
Making groceries last longer and avoiding waste is both good for the wallet and the planet. We’ve compiled some of the best hacks and tips for storing some of your favorite foods.
https://morehackz.com/groceryhack/39/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Orbán backs China’s Ukraine peace plan: Hungary’s government supports Beijing’s peace plan for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told parliament on Monday. “We also consider China’s peace plan important and support it,” Orban told the lawmakers. In his half-hour-long speech, Orban insisted that the ongoing conflict was “bad for Ukrainians, Russians, Hungarians, Europe, and it is becoming increasingly clear [that] it is bad for the whole world.” The prime minister then maintained that Budapest should stay out of the conflict, as was decided through a ‘national consultation.’
https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-hungary-ukraine-china-peace-plan-russia-invasion/

Russia Is Willing to Defend Itself With Nuclear Weapons: “It is obvious to all the powers that be that if the US wants to defeat Russia, we are heading for a conflict on a global scale. If the US wants to defeat Russia, we have the right to defend ourselves with any weapon, including of the nuclear kind.”
https://tass.com/defense/1580211

# Gov / Politics / US
US has spent billions on Ukraine war aid. But is that money landing in corrupt pockets? With more than $100 billion in U.S. weaponry and financial aid flowing to Ukraine in less than a year, and more on the way to counter Russia’s invasion, concerns about arms falling into terrorists’ hands and dollars into corrupt officials’ pockets are mounting. Congress spotlights hearings on Ukraine oversight, competition with China. Here’s why.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/28/congressional-hearings-china-ukraine-russia-security/11359357002/

Gaetz Cites Chinese Propaganda in Push to Stop Ukraine Aid: The Florida Republican looked like he thought he was going in for the kill as he whipped out the “investigative report” that was not what he thought it was. Gaetz, who appeared unaware of the tabloid’s propaganda links, cited the report in claiming that the U.S. had supplied weapons to the Azov Battalion as early as 2018. Asked if he disagreed with the report, Kahl calmly responded: “I’m sorry, is this the Global Times from China?”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-chinese-propaganda-ukraine_n_63fe5251e4b08b1402e08264

# Law Enforcement
“I Am Going to Die”: Tenn. Woman Dies of Stroke in Police Cruiser After She Was Denied Medical Care
https://www.13abc.com/2023/02/27/graphic-i-am-going-die-body-camera-footage-released-womans-in-custody-death/

Michigan honor student, 17, shot dead by 14 and 13-year-olds in attempted carjacking after he offered them a ride during subzero temperatures – juveniles will be tried as adults –Chimner was charged Friday with felony murder, carjacking and two weapons-related violations. Police recovered a gun at the scene of the crime but could not say which boy had fired the weapon.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11791367/Michigan-student-17-killed-14-13-year-old-carjacking-offered-ride.html

# Legal / DOJ
Lawyer Blew $840K in Clients’ Money on OnlyFans, Drugs: Christopher Reynolds routinely represented car crash victims, but would cut off contact and stash their settlement money for himself, authorities said.
https://www.newsbreak.com/pinellas-county-fl/2941284217502-florida-lawyer-accused-of-blowing-840k-in-clients-money-on-onlyfans-drugs

# Medical / Health
Surprise-Billing Law Loophole: When ‘Out of Network’ Doesn’t Quite Mean Out of Network: More than a year after the federal surprise-billing law took effect, patients can still get hammered by surprise bills resulting from health plans’ limited provider networks and ambiguities about what is considered emergency medical care.
https://khn.org/news/article/out-of-network-surprise-bill-loophole-bill-of-the-month/

Lowering the risk of mother’s sepsis or death after childbirth, a single oral dose of a common antibiotic may have the potential to significantly reduce maternal infections and deaths in developing countries. Sepsis is a severe life-threatening immune response to infection or injury. It is a leading cause of maternal and newborn deaths worldwide.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/lowering-risk-mother-s-sepsis-or-death-after-childbirth

# Military / DOD
The Air Force has relieved six leaders assigned to a North Dakota base in charge of nuclear missiles and bombers over a loss of confidence, the military branch said Monday. The Air Force did not specify why commanders had lost confidence in all six individuals. “These personnel actions were necessary to maintain the very high standards we demand of those units entrusted with supporting our nation’s nuclear mission,” said Maj. Gen. Andrew Gebara, the two-star in charge of Air Force nuclear units under 8th Air Force, in the release.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/02/27/six-leaders-fired-from-air-force-nuclear-base-in-north-dakota/

# Military / Global
Drones Attack Russia From All Sides: Fighter jets were deployed near St. Petersburg and an oil depot was set ablaze as authorities reported drones striking multiple regions.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-attacks-drones-e02372ef4b84fc3b4cf6afe8ed141a77

# Science
Male contraceptive disables sperm, compound temporarily disabled mouse and human sperm. It also prevented pregnancies in mice. The findings could potentially lead to a non-hormonal, on-demand contraceptive pill for men.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/male-contraceptive-disables-sperm

The search for the world’s ‘missing’ genomes: Enormous strides have been made to unravel the secrets of the human genome, so why are we missing the genetic information of most of the planet? It is 70 years since the double-helix structure of DNA was first revealed in a grainy, black and white image. Since then our understanding of the genetic information it encodes has advanced enormously, but these insights are from a surprisingly narrow portion of our species. Information from entire ethnic groups is missing. So why is the picture of our genetic make up still so fuzzy?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230227-the-search-for-the-worlds-missing-genomes?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=bce4cc3e93-briefing-dy-20230228&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-bce4cc3e93-43812897

# Social
Jim Crow Is Resurrected in Mississippi: Folks elected by the voters in their districts and across the state, will not stand for Black leadership. The City of Jackson has been either slighted or starved of infrastructure resources from the state for decades. Ignoring the Mississippi State Constitution and the U.S. Constitution, House Bill 1020 is just a takeover, plain and simple. And it’s not just a takeover, but a takeover of the Black City of Jackson by white Christian Republican legislators voting in lockstep.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/jim-crow-reemerges-in-mississippi

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-02-27

Voices, The Peoples News

February 27, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Joe Biden Is Now Taking Immigration Policy Directly From Stephen Miller: Miller pushed for and crafted policies that separated migrant families (many of which are yet to be reunited), reduced refugee admissions to levels not seen in many years, and forced people to seek asylum in other countries instead of in the United States. With Trump’s departure, and Biden’s incoming administration’s rhetoric on migration, advocates were hopeful that the Miller era had ended. Last week, though, the Biden administration proposed new rules for asylum-seekers that would have fulfilled some of Miller’s wildest dreams.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/02/joe-biden-immigration-policy-stephen-miller-asylum-rules.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Republicans Demand Apologies, Tell Biden To Hold China To Account After Bombshell Report On COVID: Republicans erupt after Energy Dept reportedly says COVID-19 likely came from Chinese lab: ‘We need answers.’
Lab leak theory was dismissed as ‘fringe,’ ‘conspiracy’ at start of pandemic
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-erupt-energy-dept-reportedly-says-covid-19-likely-came-chinese-lab-need-answers

CDC Adds COVID Shots to Recommended Vaccine Schedules for Children and Adults: COVID-19 vaccines are now included among the routine shots recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for children, adolescents and adults. The 2023 list includes shots for the flu, measles mumps and rubella, polio, and other inoculations.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3851977-cdc-adds-covid-vaccine-to-routine-immunization-schedule-for-kids-adults/

We May Be Able to Prevent This Terrifying Long COVID Symptom: More than 200 lung transplants had been performed in the U.S. for severe, irreversible lung damage caused by COVID-19. More than 200 lung transplants had been performed in the U.S. for severe, irreversible lung damage caused by COVID-19.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/may-able-prevent-terrifying-long-202613011.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Russian nuclear fuel: The habit Europe just can’t break: The EU managed to quickly cut down on Russian coal, gas and oil supplies, but can’t seem to do the same for nuclear. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to turn off the gas taps while the EU turned increasingly to liquefied natural gas deliveries from elsewhere caused the reliance on Moscow to tumble from 40 percent of the bloc’s gas supply before the war to less than 10 percent now. Nuclear energy has proved a trickier knot for EU countries to untie, for both historical and practical reasons.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-just-cant-quit-russia-for-nuclear-power/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
The Salton Sea, an accident of history, faces a new water crisis: it has been shrinking for decades, killing species of fish that attract migratory birds and exposing the lake floor that generates dust harmful to human health. As the sea receded, it also left abandoned homes, closed resorts, and inland marinas that transformed the area into a fishing and water sports playground for Southern Californians by the mid-20th century. Now that water use is being reduced after two decades of drought that left Colorado’s reservoirs at dangerously low levels, the sea will shrink even faster. “Less water is going to the farmers, less water is going to the Salton Sea,” Mr Ruiz said. “That’s just the pure math.”
https://ustoday.news/the-salton-sea-an-accident-of-history-faces-a-new-water-crisis/

In 1996, the EPA was ordered to test pesticides for impacts on people’s hormones. They still don’t: New lawsuit aims to make the agency do what Congress ordered more than 25 years ago. “As of the time of this filing, more than 25 years after the passage of the Food Quality Protection Act, [the] EPA has yet to implement the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.”
https://www.ehn.org/are-pesticides-endocrine-disruptors-2659413208.html

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Don’t Like Local Store Shelves Under Lockdown? Blame Organized Crime: Retailers are adding more on-the-shelves security to fight off the surge in shoplifting, and shoppers aren’t happy. Some stores are even shutting down entirely, knocked out of business by the one-two punch of increased theft and declining sales. Store owners say they have no choice.
https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2023/02/27/dont-like-local-store-shelves-are-under-lockdown-blame-organized-crime-inside-sources/

# Gov / Politics / US
Nearly All GOP Senators Bow Out Of 2024 Race; Governors Gear Up: Despite the Senate being packed with ambitious, big-name politicians, Republicans in the upper chamber have been hesitant about going toe-to-toe with former President Donald Trump in a marked departure from past elections. Meanwhile, hoards of Republican governors are gearing up for a potential run. This time, however, virtually all of the top Republican senators have declined to run and have actively refrained from cultivating buzz about them running.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/nearly-all-republican-senators-bow-out-2024

# Law Enforcement
Bristling Under Progressive Mayor, St. Louis Police Seek State Takeover: Police unions rallied around Missouri Senate Bill 78, which would reinstate a Civil War-era system of state oversight. Law enforcement unions argue that local control has “put politics in policing” and state oversight would help address an increase in homicides, a drop in police morale and staffing levels.
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/24/st-louis-missouri-police-department/

Two People Killed in ‘Chaotic’ Shooting at Senior Home: “We are tired of having this press conference. We’re tired of having to figure out how to wrap words around violence,” St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said following the incident. A shooting motive hasn’t been determined, but police investigators don’t believe it was random. There were no immediate arrests. Saturday’s stunning violence was the second shooting in the city over the weekend. Three teenage boys were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds Friday night after a shooting at a memorial service for a student fatally stabbed at an area high school.
https://nypost.com/2023/02/26/2-fatally-shot-3-injured-after-celebration-of-life-event-at-minnesota-senior-center/

# LGBTQ / Gender
Tennessee’s House of Representatives passed a state ban on drag performances last week. The bill, HB 9, classifies ‘male and female impersonators’ as adult cabaret performers and bans them from public property or anywhere a minor might be able to see them, invoking the state’s obscenity law. When H.B. 9 was first introduced in November 2022, the ACLU of Tennessee noted that “dance, fashion, and music, essential components of a drag performance, are all protected by the First Amendment. Yet, these laws are written so broadly and vaguely that they would allow government officials to censor performers based on their own subjective viewpoints of what they deem appropriate on any given day.” “So, let’s call this what it is, a malicious attempt to remove LGBTQ people from public life,” the group said in a statement.
https://newrepublic.com/feeds/168326/ticker

# Medical / Health
A Texas judge may block access to abortion pills. Here’s how that ruling could disrupt the US approval system for all drugs. “We’re talking about a judge who is a non-scientist overriding an agency full of experts about the safety and efficacy of a drug,” said Greer Donley, an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/09/texas-judge-fda-abortion-pill-medication-abortion-mifepristone/11203396002/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-02-24

Voices, The Peoples News

February 24, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous / Global
Director Marcos Colón Takes an Intimate Look at Three Indigenous Leaders’ Fight to Preserve Their Ancestral Connection to Nature in the Amazon: His documentary, Stepping Softly on the Earth, which tells their stories as “a way to postpone the end of the world,” debuts in the U.S. next week.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24022023/director-marcos-colon-takes-an-intimate-look-at-three-indigenous-leaders-fight-to-preserve-their-ancestral-connection-to-nature-in-the-amazon/

# Chemicals / Drugs
Toxic wastewater from Ohio train derailment headed to Texas: Toxic wastewater used to extinguish a fire following a train derailment in Ohio is headed to a Houston suburb for disposal. Toxic wastewater used to extinguish a fire following a train derailment in Ohio has been transported to a Houston suburb for disposal, according to a county official in Texas who said there are outstanding questions about the transportation and disposal of the material.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said at a press conference Thursday that 500,000 gallons (1.8 million liters) of the wastewater had been delivered to Deer Park, Texas.
https://apnews.com/article/ohio-texas-houston-climate-and-environment-53c8cd54e99d05b3ec7d07d1d6ef97a8

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Psychological tactics to change public behavior have concerning implications regardless of where you stand in this polarized vaccine information war fueled by the media. Government scientists deploying fear, shame and scapegoating to change minds is an ethically dubious practice that in some respects resembles the tactics used by totalitarian regimes such as China, where the state inflicts pain on a subset of its population in an attempt to eliminate beliefs and behaviour they perceive to be deviant.
Brief Summary: This study tests different messages about vaccinating against COVID-19 once the vaccine becomes available. Participants are randomized to 1 of 12 arms, with one control arm and one baseline arm. We will compare the reported willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine at 3 and 6 months of it becoming available between the 10 intervention arms to the 2 control arms. Study participants are recruited online by Lucid, which matches census based sampling in online recruitment.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04460703

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Corruption at the Fifth Estate: Lack of disclosure on de facto lobbying at think tanks has triggered a bipartisan reaction. Earlier this year, one of Washington’s preeminent think tanks, the Atlantic Council, was caught in a pay-for-play scheme promoting an authoritarian regime that happens to pay some of its bills. The incident could reignite a burgeoning bipartisan coalition of anti-kleptocracy lawmakers that has put foreign corruption in its crosshairs.
https://prospect.org/power/2023-02-24-based-corruption-fifth-estate-think-tanks/

‘Open season’: Washington couple push for Supreme Court unrealized gains ruling: With a petition that has the “potential to be the most important tax case of the twenty-first century,” two Washington State residents, Charles and Kathleen Moore, have taken their fight against one kind of taxation all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0d5e2d2c-b3fc-11ed-b19e-c34edf4172e0.html

Biden should appoint a prominent dissenter to the post of Fed vice chair: Minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting show that all members of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee agreed to keep strangling the economy with still more quarter-point rate hikes later this year, and some even wanted half-point hikes. Maybe they should read this study by the Fed’s own staff economists, which found that the Fed’s inflation target of 2 percent is impossible to reach without a deep recession.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-02-24-federal-reserve-interest-rate-folly/
Minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomcminutes20230201.htm

Post-COVID Inflation Dynamics; Higher for Longer: Our model projects that conditional on the SEP unemployment rate path and a rapid deceleration of core goods prices, core PCE inflation moderates to only 2.75 percent by the end of 2025: inflation will be higher for longer. A deep recession would be necessary to achieve the SEP’s projected inflation path. A simple reduced-form welfare analysis, which abstracts from any danger of inflation expectations becoming unanchored, suggests that such a recession would not be optimal.
https://www.clevelandfed.org/publications/working-paper/2023/wp-2306-post-covid-inflation-dynamics-higher-for-longer

# Education / Schools
Most US states failing to protect schools’ water from lead contaminants, study finds: More than half of all U.S. states are failing to protect schools’ drinking water from lead contamination. As part of their research, the organization graded every state on their current regulations. It shows a majority of states nationwide received a failing grade for its policies addressing lead in the water at schools. This report found as schools test their water, they’re discovering widespread lead contamination.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/national-report-grades-states-policies-233853417.html

School in Uproar Over Alleged ‘Master Class in Antisemitism’: Staff and students at Mount Eden High School are upset that the English teacher is only now on leave despite disturbing claims surfacing two months ago. Staff and students at Mount Eden High School are upset that the English teacher is only now on leave despite disturbing claims surfacing two months ago.
https://sfist.com/2023/02/23/hayward-teacher-placed-on-leave-over-for-allegedly-giving-a-master-class-in-antisemitism/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
The Alarming Link Between the Ohio Train Derailment’s Vinyl Chloride Leak and Smart Meters: A Mercenary Scientist Dictating Public Policy: As concern grows for East Palestine, Ohio following the train derailment, news headlines are reporting adverse health effects on the liver associated with vinyl chloride. The liver may not be the only concern. “Vinyl chloride is a known human carcinogen. The colorless manmade gas is used to make polyvinyl chloride, commonly referred to as PVC, a type of hard plastic resin. The gas is linked to “an increased risk of a rare form of liver cancer” known as hepatic angiosarcoma. That type of cancer accounts for only 2% of liver tumors, and according to a 2018 journal publication, is ‘exceptionally deadly.’ The average life expectancy for those who are diagnosed is just 10 months.”
https://beforeitsnews.com/health/2023/02/the-alarming-link-between-the-ohio-train-derailments-vinyl-chloride-leak-and-smart-meters-a-mercenary-scientist-dictating-public-policy-3049308.html

The Lie Giuliani Told Victims of the Ohio Railroad Disaster: In 2001, “America’s Mayor” downplayed the threat of the toxins from 9/11.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-lie-giuliani-told-victims-of-the-ohio-railroad-disaster

Oversight Republicans are launching an investigation into the Department of Transportation’s handling of a toxic train derailment in Ohio. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has come under criticism for his response.
https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/02-24-2023/oversight-letter-to-buttigieg-ohio/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Researchers find 26 Australian species recovered from the brink of extinction: In total, 15 mammals, eight birds, four frogs, one reptile and one fish were found to have made varying degrees of recovery, including the humpback whale, which was delisted by the government’s scientific panel last year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-24/australian-animals-no-longer-meet-criteria-as-threatened-species/102020276

Despite Oil Company Ties, COP28 President-Designate Vows to Uphold 1.5°C Temperature Goal: Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the controversial COP28 President-designate, has said the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is “non-negotiable.’
https://www.ecowatch.com/cop28-president-paris-agreement.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
‘It’s like a crime scene’ what’s happened to the Rio Grande in far west Texas: Looking with a generations-long view at a colossal shift in river health. Retired from her work as a fraud prevention manager for the U.S. Department of State, Padilla said she’s had more time to reflect on the reshaping of the river in her own lifetime.
“When you cut the water off, everything changes. Not only nature, but you change people’s way of living, the economy, the biodiversity,” she said. “It is so colossal. It’s like a crime scene.”
https://sourcenm.com/2023/02/22/its-like-a-crime-scene-whats-happened-to-the-rio-grande-in-far-west-texas/

Inside EPA’s close relationship with a Montana mining company: When faced with new research on health risks in Butte, the agency turned to industry for guidance. Butte is home to a massive Superfund site overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency. Past mining has polluted the soil and water in and around Butte, and when Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) abandoned the mine in 1982, it left a pit that’s filled with water so toxic that it kills flocks of birds that land on it.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/mining-inside-the-epas-close-relationship-with-a-montana-mining-company

# Environment / Climate / Global
Guilbeault recommends emergency order to save Canada’s last spotted owls: If approved, it will be the third time in the 20-year history of the federal Species at Risk Act that an emergency order has been issued. An emergency order would give Ottawa the power to step in and make decisions that normally fall to the province, such as whether to allow logging in the owl’s vanishing old-growth forest habitat in southwest B.C.
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-emergency-order-spotted-owl/

# Gov / Politics / US
An ode to Jimmy Carter, the outdoors president: President Carter added protections to more than 157 million acres of public land and created 39 total national park units. Altogether making up one-third more acreage than the state of California. He protected more than almost any president, bested only by the 230 million acres under Theodore Roosevelt.
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/jimmy-carter-outdoors-president/

# Law Enforcement
Texas governor says most gun crimes involve illegally owned weapons. That’s not true for mass shootings.
According to an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, the majority of the state’s 19 mass shootings over the past six decades were carried out by men who legally possessed firearms.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-greg-abbott-guns-crime-mass-shootings

# Legal / DOJ
Defendants in corruption case don’t want expert to testify about politics: Attorneys representing four people indicted in a federal bribery and conspiracy case involving Illinois’ largest utility company are worried about a political science professor
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0d5e2d2c-b3fc-11ed-b19e-c34edf4172e0.html

# Media
Ukraine first, America later – The Grayzone live: Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover Biden’s decision to visit Zelensky in Ukraine rather than meet Americans suffering from the impact of a chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. They will also discuss the collapse of landmark anti-missile treaties in the face of US escalation in Ukraine, and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOlvY_SN678

# Medical
One Texas Judge Will Decide Fate of Abortion Pill Used by Millions of American Women: Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is one component of a two-drug regimen used for medication abortion and has been on the US market for more than 20 years. Anti-abortion groups, galvanized by the Supreme Court’s ruling in June overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, have now set their sights on obtaining a ban on the abortion pill.
https://news.yahoo.com/texas-judge-decide-fate-abortion-181047914.html

Mental Health Care Must Promote Wellness, Not Just Treat Illness: In their efforts to prevent and treat illness, mental health professionals have often relegated wellness, those attributes we associate with things like finding happiness and meaning in life, to an afterthought. That shortsighted approach is weakening an already struggling mental health system.
https://undark.org/2023/02/23/mental-health-care-must-promote-wellness-not-just-treat-illness/

# Medical Science
Science Falls Behind as Syphilis Stages Another Comeback: Despite being one of the oldest known sexually transmitted infections, with possible origins in the 14th century, as well as intense public health initiatives over many decades, syphilis receives little attention from researchers. But new lab techniques are allowing scientists to take a closer look. Especially concerning, doctors say, are cases of congenital syphilis, where the infection is passed from a pregnant person to their fetus during pregnancy, which have nearly tripled in the same time period.
https://www.realclearscience.com/2023/02/21/science_falls_behind_as_syphilis_stages_a_comeback_882926.html

# Medical Technology
Researchers injected a leech with gel that transforms into a soft electrode, letting them control its muscle contractions, this gel could eventually be used in the brain to treat neurological conditions without surgery. A new technique harnesses the body’s chemistry to create the conducting material
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gel-body-sugar-grow-electrodes-fish

# Military / Global
Experts react: What’s behind the drone strike on an Iranian military facility? Drones are the new weapons of war, causing military tactics and force structure to be reimagined. They bring a particularly deadly reality to guerrilla warfare, posing an existential threat in many theaters, especially in the Middle East. Now, Iranian drones are being deployed in North Africa, posing a direct threat to Morocco.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-whats-behind-the-drone-strike-on-an-iranian-military-facility/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-02-23

Voices, The Peoples News

February 23, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“The greatest threat to our planet is
the belief that someone else will save it.”
– Robert Swan
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Tom Woodbury: Stop slaughtering our national mammal: It’s time to end the practice of sending wild Yellowstone bison, our National Mammal, to slaughterhouses for rendering. Slaughterhouses are barbaric even where cows are concerned. According to a 2021 poll, 49% of Americans are in favor of banning slaughterhouses entirely. Given the intentional genocidal history of bison extermination, central to the genocide of Native Americans, how ironic is it that we are still capable of treating the American Buffalo like factory-farmed livestock!
https://missoulian.com/opinion/columnists/tom-woodbury-stop-slaughtering-our-national-mammal/article_8e8b206b-7cea-54e0-b802-074c74ed52ae.html

Yellowstone National Park’s Buffalo Population at Risk: Urgent Call for the World’s First ‘Buffalo Wildlife Bridge’:
With $350M in funding available, there is no excuse for not building a “Buffalo Wildlife Bridge” to protect not just buffalo, but also other species like elk, grizzly bears, wolves, moose, and coyotes. It’s important to note that the legal stewardship of America’s National Mammal belongs to the National Park Service, and it’s time for them to take action. Buffalo Field Campaign has been doing their part by warning motorists about the presence of buffalo on the road, but this is not enough.
https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/buffalo-wildlife-bridge/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Death on a Dairy Farm: When an 8-year-old Nicaraguan boy was run over on a Wisconsin dairy farm, authorities blamed his father and closed the case. Meanwhile, the community of immigrant workers knows a completely different story. What happened to Jefferson and his father is a story of an accumulation of failures: a broken immigration system that makes it difficult for people to come here even as entire industries depend on their labor, small farms that largely go unexamined by safety inspectors, and a law enforcement system that’s ill equipped to serve people who don’t speak English.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-dairy-farm-jefferson-rodriguez

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Sanders Pitches Biden on Social Security Rescue Plan: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is trying to convince President Joe Biden to embrace a plan that would fully fund Social Security for more than seven decades, as well as raise benefits by $2,400 a year. “It is not enough to point out the reactionary, anti-worker vision of the Republican Party,” Sanders told the Post. “We have to present a positive, pro-worker alternative. The truth is that Social Security does have a solvency problem, and we have got to address that.” Sanders also wants to increase benefits by $200 a month for everyone receiving Social Security.
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20230223-Biden-Mulls-Social-Security-Rescue-Plan

# Education / Schools
Our Children Are Experiencing Militarization of the U.S. Up Close and Personally: Educational “culture wars” overlook the ways in which war has altered what we teach our kids. I live in Montgomery County, Maryland, one of the most progressive and highly educated counties in the country and even here, war, American-style, is painted as a sanitized event full of muscular young people, their emotions under control (until, of course, they aren’t). Even here, few parents and teachers dare talk to young children about the atrocities committed by our military in our wars from Vietnam to Afghanistan.
https://truthout.org/articles/our-children-are-experiencing-militarization-of-the-us-up-close-and-personally/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Dissent Episode Six; The Clean Water Act comes under attack: The outcome of the Supreme Court case Sackett v. EPA may limit the ability to prevent pollution of our nation’s waters and combat climate change.
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/22/dissent-episode-six-clean-water-sackett-epa/

Citing birds and bees, groups petition EPA to close pesticide loophole: “The failure to regulate treated seeds creates a gigantic regulatory blind-spot, allowing one of the largest and most widespread uses of pesticides to go almost completely untracked and unregulated.” The U.S. should overhaul regulation of a class of insecticides tied to excessive honey bee and bird deaths
https://www.ehn.org/neonics-pollinators-2659453225.html

‘Forever chemicals’ disrupt key metabolic processes in children and teens: Exposure to “forever chemicals” interferes with several critical biological processes, including the metabolism of fats and amino acids, in children and young adults, a new study has found. The disruption of these processes can increase susceptibility to a variety of illnesses, such as developmental disorders, cardiovascular disease, cancer and metabolic diseases like diabetes
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3869745-forever-chemicals-disrupt-key-metabolic-processes-in-children-and-teens-study/

# Environment / Climate / Global
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Looming Cuts to Emergency SNAP Benefits Threaten Food Security in Rural America: “We have so many households who simply aren’t going to know that this is happening,” Cheyne said. “They’re going to go to the grocery store and expect to have money in their account and not be able to buy the food they need to feed their families.”
https://www.physiciansweekly.com/looming-cuts-to-emergency-snap-benefits-threaten-food-security-in-rural-america/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin’s Chef Publicly Betrays Kremlin With Grisly Corpse Pic: If there were ever a time for the Kremlin to worry about an uprising by its most out-of-control private army, now would appear to be it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SaRMdbPqOI

# Gov / Politics / US
Sinema’s $300,000 Security Expert Is Tulsi Gabbard’s Sister: “Since fall 2021, Bellord has been employed as the ‘security director’ in Sinema’s Senate office, a role that has paid her over $50,000, according to Senate records,” the publication writes. “Bellord has also apparently been the exclusive security provider to Sinema’s campaign. She appears to have no other clients aside from the Arizona senator.”
https://www.rawstory.com/kyrsten-sinema-2659457368/

# Law Enforcement
A 9-year-old girl, a TV journalist, and a woman were killed in a series of shootings in Florida: A man who police believe shot and killed a woman in her 20s returned to the scene of the crime hours later and opened fire on a TV news van and at a nearby home, killing one journalist and a 9-year-old girl.
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/23/1158959931/journalist-killed-orlando-dylan-lyons

# Legal / DOJ
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Subpoenaed to Testify in Justice Department’s Trump Investigation: It’s unclear as of yet whether the two will attempt to oppose the subpoena orders.
https://truthout.org/articles/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-subpoenaed-to-testify-in-dojs-trump-investigation/

How a Disabled Man Did 11 Years for Murder He Didn’t Commit: The NYPD railroaded Alex Bloise into a confession during a 20-plus-hour interrogation, a lawsuit says.
https://news.yahoo.com/intellectually-disabled-man-landed-prison-220927958.html

# LGBTQ / Gender
NYT Union Hits Back at Reporters Who Defended Trans Coverage; meanwhile, some staffers who signed a letter critical of the paper’s trans coverage may now face disciplinary proceedings
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-york-times-journalists-letter-guild

# Medical
Regulators Overhaul Inspections of Hospice Providers: A report last year from ProPublica and The New Yorker revealed a $22 billion hospice industry rife with fraud and exploitation. CMS announced reforms that go into effect immediately.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hospice-healthcare-cms-medicare-inspection-reforms

Alabama Lawmaker Who Ran on ‘Medical Freedom’ Proposes Murder Charges for Having an Abortion: Freshman Alabama Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R) has announced new legislation called the Abolish Abortion in Alabama Act, which would classify abortion as homicide and allow women and people seeking abortions to be charged with murder.

# Military / DOD
Left and Right Agree, Pentagon Has Billions in Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Worth Cutting: Republicans and Democrats may not agree on much. Still, after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck a deal with House Republicans that may force a vote on significant cuts in Pentagon spending, members on both sides decried even the prospect of adjustments to defense budgets.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/pentagon-budget-mystery-807276/

# Nuclear
Indian Point Nuclear Plant Owner Plans to Dump Radioactive Waste Water into Hudson River: “Doctors know that there is no such thing as a safe dose of radiation, and that harmful impacts are cumulative,” said the president of Physicians for Social Responsibility. “There has been no prior disclosure of what pollutants or radioactive contaminants are in the wastewater or any public education on the environmental safety and public health risks associated with any potential discharges from the site.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/indian-point-wastewater

# Science
Did the James Webb Space Telescope just redefine how galaxies are created? Astronomers found something so unexpected it actually creates problems for science. The James Webb Space Telescope discovers enormous distant galaxies that should not exist. Giant, mature galaxies seem to have filled the universe shortly after the Big Bang, and astronomers are puzzled.
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-giant-distant-galaxies-surprise

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-02-21

Voices, The Peoples News

February 21, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
In push to mine for minerals, clean energy advocates ask what going green really means: For local tribal members, the land they call Peehee Mu’huh, or “Rotten Moon,” is a hallowed place of remembrance and sacred burial site. In 1865, US cavalrymen massacred their ancestors at the site, including children and elders. Members of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe visit often, praying and sharing food together in the windswept wilderness. Now, a contingent of forces that includes the US government and a large Canada-based mining corporation are pushing to make Thacker Pass a gateway to the future, they seek to carve into the landscape
https://www.thenewlede.org/

After Centuries Of Stealing Land, The U.S. Govt Is Actually Inviting Tribes To Help Manage It: Last April, in a farm field in eastern Virginia, Ann Richardson gathered with a few hundred people for a celebration. It wasn’t a party, though. Several people were crying. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was there. She was crying, too. Biden is laying the groundwork for a seismic shift in public land management, one that treats tribes as partners instead of an afterthought.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-administration-deb-haaland-interior-department-land-costewardship-tribes_n_63b86e01e4b0d6f0b9face1a

# Children / Youth
Juvenile Crime Surges, Reversing Long Decline. ‘It’s Just Kids Killing Kids: Violence among children has soared across the country since 2020, a stark reversal of a decades long decline in juvenile crime. In the U.S., homicides committed by juveniles acting alone rose 30% in 2020 from a year earlier, while those committed by multiple juveniles increased 66%. The number of killings committed by children under 14 was the highest in two decades, according to the most recent federal data.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/violent-crime-rate-juvenile-11674485556

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
GOP Taking Budget Advice From Trump Official Who Wants to Cut $2 Trillion From Medicaid: “The Republican playbook is always to drive more people deeper into poverty, while giving kickbacks and tax breaks to their super-rich friends.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-trump-aide-cut-medicaid

Biden’s Social Security Pledge Will Likely Mean Huge Middle Class Tax Hikes, Expert Warns: Biden pledged to block Medicare and and Social Security cuts in his recent State of the Union address, in which he also promised not to hike taxes for families earning less than $400,000. But the two systems are slated to run $48 trillion and $21 trillion shortfalls, respectively, over the next 30 years, making it nearly impossible to avoid significant tax raises without cutting benefits, Riedl wrote.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/21/joe-biden-social-security-medicare-middle-class-tax/

# Education / Schools
The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school: An analysis by The Associated Press, Stanford University’s Big Local News project and Stanford education professor Thomas Dee found an estimated 230,000 students in 21 states whose absences could not be accounted for. These students didn’t move out of state, and they didn’t sign up for private school or home-school, according to publicly available data. In short, they’re missing.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/the-pandemic-missing-the-kids-who-didnt-go-back-to-school/

# Employment / Labor
Walmart is closing a batch of stores in 2023:
* Walmart will close five stores in four states: Illinois, Wisconsin, New Mexico, and Florida.
* The company is also winding down its two remaining pickup locations in Illinois and Arkansas.
* Each year, the company typically closes a handful of stores it considers to be “underperforming.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-is-closing-a-batch-of-stores-in-2023-here-s-the-full-list/ar-AA17wvko?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=7f997b3bd48a4d1c95e90ef576c8fd35

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Energy prices have risen dramatically since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and could push as many as 141 million people into extreme poverty, a new study has shown. The costs of goods and services have also gone up due to higher energy prices.
https://www.ecowatch.com/soaring-energy-prices-extreme-poverty.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Why people are so concerned about the Ohio train derailment’s long-term effects: Vinyl chloride, a volatile organic compound, or VOC, and the most toxic chemical involved in the derailment, is known to cause cancer, attacking the liver, and can also affect the brain. For now, people are most concerned about the vinyl chloride. As of Feb. 16, 3,150 cubic yards of contaminated soil and 942,000 gallons of contaminants and contaminated liquid have been removed from the site, according to the Ohio EPA.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amandagardner/health-effects-vinyl-chloride-ohio-derailment

Fracking Wastewater Causes Lasting Harm to Key Freshwater Species: Exposing water fleas, a critical link in the aquatic food chain, to fracking wastewater reduces their survival and ability to reproduce, with potentially far-ranging consequences, new research shows. Extracting fossil fuels from underground reservoirs requires so much water a Chevron scientist once referred to its operations in California’s Kern River Oilfield “as a water company that skims oil.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21022023/fracking-wastewater-water-mites-food-web/

Biden’s EPA Restores Rule Protecting Vulnerable Communities From Mercury and Other Toxic Power Plant Emissions: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reaffirmed the legal, scientific and economic bases of the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) that require coal and oil-fired power plants to implement “significant reductions” in emissions of mercury, acid gases and other toxic pollutants
https://www.ecowatch.com/power-plant-emissions-mercury-biden.html

# General News
Residents react to base camp set up in Florida Keys: A tent city, as Upper Florida Keys locals call it, has arrived along U.S. 1. While everyone knows it’s there, most people didn’t know exactly what it was. The popup facility is a “base camp,” and “is NOT a migrant holding area,” according to a statement released by the Islamorada village government. The makeshift complex was built to house the influx of state law enforcement officers who were sent to the Florida Keys last month as part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order to deal with the increase of migrant landings in the Keys. “It’s got to be helpful because they’ve got people coming ashore quite a bit,” said Gary, a Florida Keys resident.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southeast/residents-react-to-base-camp-set-up-in-florida-keys/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Over 7.5 million Ukranians are estimated to be displaced since the invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022. The numbers of Ukrainian casualties have not been fully reported but the most recent figures from the Biden administration estimated last November that over 100,000 people had been killed on both the Russian and Ukrainian sides.
https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/forced-displacement-and-within-ukraine

Biden’s Ukraine Visit Upstages Putin And Leaves Moscow’s Military Pundits Raging: Russian state television covered the visit extensively, with anchors saying that it was clear that Biden “runs things” in Ukraine, which fits into the Kremlin’s narrative that Zelesnkyy’s government is a stooge of the U.S. administration.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/moscow-downplays-significance-of-bidens-surprise-visit-to-ukraine

Putin Halts Nuke Pact With US, Vows to Push War in Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin gave no sign Tuesday he would change strategy in the Kremlin’s bloody war in Ukraine, and ratcheted up tensions with the West by suspending Moscow’s participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the U.S.
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/putin-not-backing-down-on-ukraine-suspends-start-nuke-pact/

Putin issues nuclear warning to US, threatens to resume weapons tests:
* Putin tells West that Russia cannot be defeated
* Russia suspends participation in New START nuclear arms treaty
* Putin puts new strategic nuclear weapons on ‘combat duty’
* President says Russia will resume nuclear tests if U.S. does
* Blinken: move is deeply unfortunate and irresponsible
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/putin-suspends-russian-involvement-in-nuclear-arms-pact-over-ukraine-tensions

Putin put the last major nuclear arms treaty with the US on ‘life support,’ risking pulling the world back to a ‘dangerous’ time of uncontrolled arsenals, experts say: Without the New START pact and nuclear arms control, the US and Russia could expand their nuclear arsenals. The situation is “bad and could and probably will get worse,” one UN researcher said in response.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-put-the-last-major-nuclear-arms-treaty-with-the-us-on-life-support-risking-pulling-the-world-back-to-a-dangerous-time-of-uncontrolled-arsenals-nuke-experts-say/ar-AA17LDLp?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=7f997b3bd48a4d1c95e90ef576c8fd35

# Gov / Politics / US
Biden’s Kyiv Trip is Humiliating for Putin, and Trump: Periodically during the past sixty years, American presidents have stood up at the Eastern edge of Europe and looked to Russia to say, “We stand with our allies. Our resolve is unshakeable.”
https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-02-20-1421/joe-biden-biden-s-trip-kyiv-ultimate-humiliation-putin-and-trump

DeSantis says Biden ‘neglecting’ domestic problems with Ukraine trip: The president said the trip was meant to showcase the strength of Ukraine and solidarity of the U.S., while announcing an additional $500 million in American support to Ukraine.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3866482-desantis-says-biden-neglecting-domestic-problems-with-ukraine-trip/

Why Do Politicians Weaponize Medicare? Because It Works: The Medicare wars are back, and almost no one in Washington is surprised. The reality is that Medicare’s value as a political weapon also sabotages any effort to come together to solve the program’s financing problems. The last two times the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund was this close to insolvency — in the early 1980s and late 1990s — Congress passed bipartisan bills to keep the program afloat.
https://khn.org/news/article/healthbent-politicians-weaponize-medicare-federal-entitlements/

# Law Enforcement
Police said a 13-year-old boy was killed by an officer because he rammed a police cruiser. Video tells a different story. Officials described the incident as a low-speed, minor collision. Andre “AJ” Hernandez was fatally shot by San Antonio police on June 3, 2022, and a grand jury on declined to indict the officer on criminal charges.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/melissasegura/aj-hernandez-shooting-police-videos

A suspect is in custody after allegedly killing six people in a rural Mississippi shooting rampage. Authorities have not yet determined a motive for the incident.
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/17/1158003226/mississippi-shooting-deaths-arkabutla

# Legal / DOJ
How Shaky Evidence Could Send This Man to Prison for Life: Christopher Howard’s case has caught the attention of researchers who say it is emblematic of disturbing problems with the expanded use of the RICO Act
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-shaky-evidence-could-send-bronx-man-christopher-howard-to-prison-for-life

A Law Was Meant to Free Sick or Aging Inmates. Instead, Some Are Left to Die in Prison: Why the law hasn’t made a difference, so far. Judges made rulings without guidance from the sentencing commission, an independent agency that develops sentencing policies for the courts. The commission was delayed for more than three years because Congress did not confirm Trump’s nominees and President Joe Biden’s appointees were not confirmed until August. As a result, academic researchers, attorneys, and advocates for prison reform said the law has been applied unevenly across the country.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/21/1157058152/sick-elderly-people-left-to-die-federal-prison-law-judges

# Medical
5th Cured HIV Case Confirmed Following Stem Cell Transplant: Researchers from Germany say a man has been cured of HIV following a stem cell transplant that was performed after several rounds of chemotherapy, making him the fifth known case of the virus being cured in an individual.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3866819-fifth-person-cured-of-hiv-after-stem-cell-transplant-researchers-say/

This ‘Terrifying’ Court Case Could Change Abortion Access Again: The court could issue a ruling as soon as Feb. 10. Timmaraju warned the courts are “packed by extremists thanks to Trump” and that “these are young judges” who “are going to be there for a very long time.”
https://news.yahoo.com/terrifying-court-case-could-change-094006333.html

Now for sale: Data on your mental health: A study published Monday, outlines how expansive the market for people’s health data has become. After contacting data brokers to ask what kinds of mental health information she could buy, researcher Joanne Kim reported that she ultimately found 11 companies willing to sell bundles of data that included information on what antidepressants people were taking, whether they struggled with insomnia or attention issues, and details on other medical ailments, including Alzheimer’s disease or bladder-control difficulties.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/13/mental-health-data-brokers/

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
GSK Scientists Knew About Zantac’s Cancer Risks For Forty Years: A new report in Bloomberg Businessweek says GSK’s own scientists have long known about the drug’s risks. The publication reported that over the span of multiple decades, GSK was warned by its own scientists and independent researchers about a potential cancer-causing impurity in the drug. The FDA considered the risks when it reviewed the drug, but the agency ultimately approved Zantac, or ranitidine, in 1983.
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/gsk-was-warned-repeatedly-about-zantac-risks-didnt-act-warnings-bloomberg

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-02-20

Voices, The Peoples News

February 20, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Chemicals / Drugs
Local Farmer Sounds the Alarm: Why Did East Palestine Launch ‘MyID’ Emergency Service to Surveil Biometrics One Week Before Ohio Train Derailment? Bob Moore, a 70-year-old farmer and longtime resident of East Palestine, initially ignored local news reports urging residents to sign up for “MyID” to receive a new biometric tracking device that provides first responders updates about an individual’s health conditions amid an emergency or “major disaster.” “The people were asked to go to the local fire department in downtown East Palestine to get that MyID. They began monitoring your physical activity, your heart rate, your respiration, anything you might be exposed to…It’s a monitoring device.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/local-farmer-sounds-the-alarm-why-did-east-palestine-launch-myid-emergency-service-to-surveil-biometrics-1-week-before-ohio-train-derailment/

Billions to Ukraine but nothing for Ohio: Biden admin turns down Ohio’s request for disaster assistance after toxic derailment: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said that Ohio is not eligible to receive assistance because the incident did not classify as a national disaster, Tierney told the DCNF.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/16/biden-administration-declines-ohio-aid-disastrous-train-derailment-federal-emergency-management-agency/

Train crashes outside Detroit, Michigan, carrying hazardous materials: Van Buren Township train derailment unfolds nearly two weeks after East Palestine, Ohio disaster. A train containing one car of hazardous materials has derailed Thursday in Van Buren Township outside Detroit, Michigan, reports say. The cause of the derailment was not immediately clear.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/train-derails-outside-detroit-michigan-one-car-hazardous-materials

East Palestine Residents Told Water Was Safe After ‘Sloppy’ Testing Paid for by Rail Company: “We’re not getting any truth,” said one resident who is now planning to move away from the town.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/east-palestine-ohio-water

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
The German Working Group for Covid Vaccine Analysis — which includes over 60 scientists, doctors, lawyers, and journalists — published their “Summary of Preliminary Findings” on the toxic substances they are finding in covid-19 vaccine samples and the changes they are seeing in the blood samples taken from vaccinated individuals. The scientists “frequently observed an unusually rapid disintegration of the different types of cells in the vaccinated blood” and found concerning rouleaux formations of red blood cells specifically in the vaccinated samples.
https://citizens.news/700782.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals / Global
More Than 1,000 Adverse Reactions to COVID Shots Reported in New Brunswick, Canada: Of those, more than 300 considered ‘serious,’ says Department of Health
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-19-vaccine-reactions-new-brunswick-stroke-pfizer-bivalent-u-s-1.6729090

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
A group of House Republicans is looking to raise sales taxes with the Fair Tax Act, which would abolish the Internal Revenue Service. With tax season upon us and sales tax in the headlines, here’s everything you need to know about a national consumption tax. What is a national consumption tax? Consumption tax is a tax on goods or services – what you spend rather than what you earn. In the U.S., consumption tax comes in the form of retail sales tax and excise tax (tax imposed on certain goods or activities, like alcohol or fuel).
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/taxes/2023/02/19/what-national-consumption-tax-how-differs-income-tax/11134517002/

# Education / Schools
Federal Grant Is Pushing Social Work Students Into Systems That Police Families: The Title IV-E program uses social work students’ economic precarity to nudge them into the family policing workforce. The family policing system often incarcerates parents who are trying to care for their children amid conditions of domestic violence or poverty.
https://truthout.org/articles/federal-grant-is-pushing-social-work-students-into-systems-that-police-families/

Sanders Says His New Bill to Raise Teacher Pay Could Be Fully Funded by Taxing Rich Estates: “If we can provide over a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the top 1% and large corporations, please don’t tell me that we cannot afford to make sure that every teacher in America is paid at least $60,000 a year.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-teacher-pay-rich-estates

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Soaring Energy Prices Triggered By Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Push Up to 141 Million More People Into Extreme Poverty: Energy prices have risen dramatically since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and could push as many as 141 million people into extreme poverty, a new study has shown. The costs of goods and services have also gone up due to higher energy prices.
https://www.ecowatch.com/soaring-energy-prices-extreme-poverty.html

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Paid fines indicate meat industry’s use of child labor is more widespread than previously known: If Homeland Security is investigating the meat industry for human trafficking as was reported, it could be a long time before anything specific about that is known. But the Labor Department has now imposed monetary penalties totaling $1.5 million on a labor contractor who placed more than 100 children into hazardous meat industry jobs.
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20230217-1

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Reckitt recalls ProSobee infant formula 12.9 oz Simply Plant Based Infant Formula due to possible cross-contamination with bacteria: Nutrition product manufacturer Reckitt announced an infant formula recall due to possible cross-contamination with Cronobacter, the bacteria that sparked last year’s formula shortage and may have been linked to two infants’ deaths.
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/reckitt-recalls-two-batches-prosobee-129-oz-simply-plant-based-infant-formula-because-possible

# General News
The Villages Crush a Grassroots Revolt: Residents of the Florida retirement community banded together to reject a property tax hike but were blocked by powerful players, including Ron DeSantis. IN 2019, RESIDENTS of The Villages, a retirement community in Florida, were suddenly hit with a 25 percent hike in their property taxes. In the master-planned community of 130,000 across the state’s Sumter, Lake, and Marion counties, many residents are on fixed incomes. The tax hikes were to subsidize new developments south of the community, rather than cover new amenities or upgrades for current residents.
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/18/deconstructed-podcast-the-villages-florida/

# Gov / Politics / US
Biden Makes Surprise Visit to Kyiv in Show of Support for Ukraine: President pledges half a billion dollars of additional aid ahead of anniversary of war’s start
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-biden-f00af220669457d5ba07127c7e57a27b

A Presidents’ Day Reflection: The Intertwined History of the U.S. and Nations Overseas: This Presidents’ Day, the White House Historical Association is partnering with U.S. embassies around the world for international wreath-laying ceremonies at many of these statues and monuments.
https://dcjournal.com/a-presidents-day-reflection-the-intertwined-history-of-the-u-s-and-nations-overseas/# Law

Enforcement
Police Staffing Becomes Issue After City That Defunded Police Descends Into Street Chaos: Austin police, 911 staffing levels questioned after street racers take over major intersection, injure cop. An Austin City Council member was reportedly on hold with 911 for 28 minutes after calling about the street racing takover
https://www.foxnews.com/us/austin-police-911-staffing-levels-questioned-street-racers-take-major-intersection-injure-cop

# Medical
Health Care Staff Shortages a “National Emergency”: Workforce issues again top of mind for hospital CEOs in 2022. Within the umbrella of “workforce challenges,” 90% of all responding CEOs pointed to shortages of registered nurses, 83% shortages of technicians, 80% burnout among non-physician staff and 70% a shortage of therapists.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/workforce-issues-again-top-mind-hospital-ceos-2022-survey

Researchers find nanoparticles of a rare earth metal used in MRI contrast agents can infiltrate kidney tissue:
Physicians routinely prescribe an infusion containing gadolinium to enhance MRI scans, but there is evidence that nanoparticles of the toxic rare earth metal infiltrate kidney cells, sometimes triggering severe side effects, University of New Mexico researchers have found.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-nanoparticles-rare-earth-metal-mri.html

# Veterans / VA
VA Warns Against PACT Act Fraud Targeting Veterans: The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is warning veterans to be vigilant about scams arising following the passage of the historic Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022. They issued a news release on January 10 about this risk.
https://norfolk-sheriff.com/fraudwatch/fraud-watch-news/vfw-warns-vets-about-potential-scams-related-to-the-pact-act

Defrauding Veterans Would Be a Federal Crime Under Bill Pushed by Senators: “Anytime the federal government provides essential benefits to our constituents, there’s going to be predators out there to take it away,” Cortez Masto said in a phone interview with Military.com on Tuesday. “So we have to make sure that we are imposing the appropriate enforcement to protect those individuals so that their benefits are not taken.”
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/02/14/defrauding-veterans-would-be-federal-crime-under-bill-pushed-senators.html

Reading the Room: 10 Tips for Veterans Who Need to Understand What Isn’t Said: In a job interview, client meeting, social or networking event, or any other important conversation, it’s vital to pick up on overt and subtle cues sent by the people around you. It’s called being able to “read the room” when you can watch for, respond and pick up on nonverbal cues to ensure your message is hitting the mark.
https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/reading-room-10-tips-veterans-who-need-understand-what-isnt-said.html

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